It's an exhilarating account of one of the greatest episodes in the history of polar exploration and one of history's all - time great survival stories. (booklistonline.com)
In «An Expedition to the Pole,» Dillard sets polar exploration next to the worship of a small Catholic parish to see what this juxtaposition might produce. (religion-online.org)
I first discovered Andrea Barrett through her haunting novel of 19th century polar exploration, The Voyage of the Narwhal. (bookpage.com)