{"product_id":"last-voyage-of-the-karluk-paperback","title":"Last 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\u003eWilliam Laird McKinlay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn astonishing narrative of disaster and perseverance, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Voyage of the Karluk\u003c\/i\u003e will thrill readers of adventure classics like\u003ci\u003e Into Thin Air \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Climb\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1913, explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson hired William McKinlay to join the crew of the \u003ci\u003eKarluk\u003c\/i\u003e, the leading ship of his new Arctic expedition. Stefansson's mission was to chart the waters north of Alaska; yet the \u003ci\u003eKarluk\u003c\/i\u003e's crew was untrained, the ship was ill-suited to the icy conditions, and almost at once the \u003ci\u003eKarluk\u003c\/i\u003e was crushed-at which point Stefansson abandoned his crew to continue his journey on another ship. This is the only firsthand account of what followed: a nightmare struggle in which half the crew perished, one was mysteriously shot, and the rest were near death by the time of their rescue twelve months later. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten some sixty years after the fact, and drawing extensively on his own daily log, McKinlay's narrative of this doomed expedition is rendered with remarkable clarity of recollection, and with a combination of horror and a level of self-possession that, to modern eyes, may seem incredible. Like most of his companions, McKinlay was inexperienced, without a day's training in the skills essential to survival in the Arctic. Yet he and many of his fellow crewmen, with the help of an Eskimo family accustomed to such conditions, survived a year under the harshest of conditions, enduring 80-mile-per-hour gales and temperatures well below zero with only the barest of provisions and almost no hope of contact with civilization. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNearly a century later, this remains one of the most compelling survival stories ever written-an extraordinary testament to man's overpowering will to live.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1913, explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson hired William McKinlay to join the crew of the Karluk, the leading ship of his new Arctic expedition. Stefansson's mission was to chart the waters north of Alaska; yet the Karluk's crew was untrained, the ship was ill-suited to the icy conditions, and almost at once the Karluk was crushed - at which point Stefansson abandoned his crew to continue his journey on another ship. This is the only firsthand account of what followed: a nightmare struggle in which half the crew perished, one was mysteriously shot, and the rest were near death by the time of their rescue twelve months later.--BOOK JACKET. \"Written some sixty years after the fact, and drawing extensively on his own daily log, McKinlay's narrative of this doomed expedition is rendered with remarkable clarity of recollection, and with a combination of horror and a level of self-possession that, to modern eyes, may seem incredible. Like most of his companions, McKinlay was inexperienced, without a day's training in the skills essential to survival in the Arctic. Yet he and many of his fellow crewman, with the help of an Eskimo family accustomed to such conditions, survived a year under the harshest of conditions, enduring 80-mile-per-hour gales and temperatures well below zero with only the barest of provisions and almost no hope of contact with civilization.\"--BOOK JACKET.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Laird McKinlay \u003c\/b\u003ereturned from the Arctic to serve as an officer on the Western Front during World War I, and spent much of his life thereafter as a school headmaster in Scotland. His account of the \u003ci\u003eKarluk \u003c\/i\u003edisaster was first published in 1976, when he was eighty-eight years old.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 8.26 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 12, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52611937993011,"sku":"9780312206550","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/YlNaUTl2YUxlbmlnVEZ2LzE0bHJvZz09.webp?v=1761839766","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/last-voyage-of-the-karluk-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}