Hampton Sides

“In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette” by Hampton Sides: In 1879, the wealthy owner of The New York Herald James Gordon Bennett funded a US naval expedition to the North Pole.

In the Kingdom of Ice for the unexplored North Pole

“In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette” by Hampton Sides: In 1879, the USS Jeanette left San Francisco headed for the unexplored North Pole with captain George Washington de Long at the helm.

In the Kingdom of Ice to the North Pole

“In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette” by Hampton Sides: In 1879, the wealthy owner of The New York Herald James Gordon Bennett funded a US naval expedition to the North Pole.

In the Kingdom of The Ice to Bowdoin

In the Kingdom of The Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette, came to Bowdoin Oct. 7, 2015, to discuss the research and travel Hampton Sides undertook when preparing to write the story of the ill-fated Jeannette Expedition.

Jacques Cousteau

The book was originally written in French and its author was Jacques Cousteau (better known as an oceanographer and undersea explorer who appeared on seasonal episodes of the TV series The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau).