TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sancton,Julian
TI  - Madhouse at the end of the Earth: The Belgica's journey into the dark Antarctic night 
SN  - 9780753553442 (hbk.) :
AV  - G850 
U1  - 919.8904 SAN 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - London
PB  - WH Allen
KW  - Cook, Frederick Albert,
KW  - Amundsen, Roald,
KW  - Belgica (Ship)
KW  - Expedition antarctique belge
KW  - (1897-1899)
KW  - Survival
KW  - Antarctica
KW  - Travel and Tourism
KW  - eflch
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Discovery and exploration
N2  - The Belgica set sail from Europe on a sunny day in August 1897, intent upon becoming the first scientific expedition ever to reach the South Pole. But after setbacks slowed its progress, ice closed in and ensnared the ship. Temperatures plummeted, winds howled, perpetual darkness fell. The crew were to make history for a different reason: they were to be the first adventurers to face the brutal Antarctic winter, completely cut off from the world. What began as an audacious scientific mission morphed into an epic struggle for survival. As the men battled blizzards, hunger, depression, rats and scurvy, some became inconsolable, some mad, while others were consumed by infections that turned them into living corpses. It was down to the strongest characters to step up: namely the notorious surgeon Dr Frederik Cook and the first mate, a young Norwegian adventurer Roald Amundsen
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