{"product_id":"empire-of-ice-and-stone-the-disastrous-and-heroic-voyage-of-the-karluk-paperback","title":"Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBuddy Levy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Outdoor Book Awards Winner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe true, harrowing story of the ill-fated 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition and the two men who came to define it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the summer of 1913, the wooden-hulled brigantine \u003ci\u003eKarluk\u003c\/i\u003e departed Canada for the Arctic Ocean. At the helm was Captain Bob Bartlett, considered the world's greatest living ice navigator. The expedition's visionary leader was a flamboyant impresario named Vilhjalmur Stefansson hungry for fame.Just six weeks after the \u003ci\u003eKarluk\u003c\/i\u003e departed, giant ice floes closed in around her. As the ship became icebound, Stefansson disembarked with five companions and struck out on what he claimed was a 10-day caribou hunting trip. Most on board would never see him again.Twenty-two men and an Inuit woman with two small daughters now stood on a mile-square ice floe, their ship and their original leader gone. Under Bartlett's leadership they built make-shift shelters, surviving the freezing darkness of Polar night. Captain Bartlett now made a difficult and courageous decision. He would take one of the young Inuit hunters and attempt a 1000-mile journey to save the shipwrecked survivors. It was their only hope. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet against the backdrop of the \u003ci\u003eTitanic \u003c\/i\u003edisaster and World War I, filled with heroism, tragedy, and scientific discovery, Buddy Levy's \u003ci\u003eEmpire of Ice and Stone \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of two men and two distinctively different brands of leadership--one selfless, one self-serving--and how they would forever be bound by one of the most audacious and disastrous expeditions in polar history, considered the last great voyage of the Heroic Age of Discovery.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBUDDY LEVY\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than half a dozen books, including \u003ci\u003eEmpire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk; Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition; Conquistador: Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs; River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana and the Deadly First Voyage Through the Amazon. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eNo Barriers: A Blind Man's Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Geronimo: Leadership Strategies of an American Warrior. \u003c\/i\u003eHis books have been published in a dozen languages and won numerous awards. He lives in Idaho.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.1 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52466207097139,"sku":"9781250871633","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bmtN1v69bl9781250871633.webp?v=1782917890","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/empire-of-ice-and-stone-the-disastrous-and-heroic-voyage-of-the-karluk-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}