The man who ate his boots [the tragic history of the search for the Northwest Passage]

Brandt, Anthony. (Author). Vance, Simon. (Added Author).

Summary: The enthralling, often harrowing story of the adventurers who searched in vain for the Northwest Passage, the holy grail of nineteenth-century British exploration. Dozens of missions set out for the Arctic during the first half of the nineteenth century; all ended in failure and many in disaster, as men found themselves starving to death in the freezing wilderness, sometimes with nothing left to eat but their companions' remains...

Record details

ISBN: 9780307712318 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
ISBN: 0307712311 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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Publisher: New York : Books on Tape, 2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 15:18:21.
Participant or Performer Note:	Read by Simon Vance.
System Details Note:	Requires OverDrive Media Console Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 219957 KB; MP3 file size: 431078 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web.