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The Expedition
By Bea Uusma
Travel, Essays & Travelogues, Special Interest, Adventure | 288 pages
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11 July, 1897. Three men set out in a hydrogen balloon bound for the North Pole. They never return. Two days into their journey they make a crash landing then disappear into a white nightmare.
33 years later. The men's bodies are found, perfectly preserved under the snow and ice. They had enough food, clothing and ammunition to survive. Why did they die?
66 years later. Bea Uusma is at a party. Bored, she pulls a books off the shelf. It is about the expedition. For the next fifteen years, Bea will think of nothing else...
Can she solve the mystery of The Expedition?
33 years later. The men's bodies are found, perfectly preserved under the snow and ice. They had enough food, clothing and ammunition to survive. Why did they die?
66 years later. Bea Uusma is at a party. Bored, she pulls a books off the shelf. It is about the expedition. For the next fifteen years, Bea will think of nothing else...
Can she solve the mystery of The Expedition?
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Rachel Upward
"This is a story about a failed balloon expedition from Svalbard in the Arctic Circle to the North Pole, but also about the writer's investigation into exactly what happened. The three men who went missing were inexperienced and, in some ways, the planning was laughable, but gives insight into the 'heroic' expeditions of the late 1800's and early 1900's. Their bodies were not found (on an uninhabited island) for many years and then their deaths were still unexplained. Their diaries give details of their trials after crashing the balloon and trekking over the ice in the Arctic in winter. It's a beautifully written description of the author's determination to find out what happened."
