The Expedition - Softcover

Uusma, Bea

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ISBN 10: 1781859639 ISBN 13: 9781781859636

Publisher: Head of Zeus, 2015

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In 1897 three men disappeared in the North Pole—only now have their final hours been revealed with this award-winning forensic investigation of a 120-year-old mystery

On July 11th, 1897, three men set out in a hydrogen balloon bound for the North Pole. Led by engineer August Soloman Andr�e, they want to make history, but are frighteningly underprepared. Three days into their journey they make a crash landing and disappear into a white nightmare. They never return. 33 years later, the men's bodies and equipment are found buried beneath the snow and ice on a deserted glacier. They had enough food, clothing, and ammunition to survive. Why did they die? 100 years later, Bea Uusma is at a party. She pulls a book off a shelf about the Andr�e Expedition. For the next 15 years, Bea will think of nothing else. This is her journey to uncover the truth.

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About the Author:

Bea Uusma started investigating the Andr�e expedition while completing her medical degree. She was awarded the August Prize for best non-fiction book for The Expedition.

Review:

'This beautifully written adventure story is a blend of memoir and poetic investigation, packed with maps, photographs, lists and journal entries' The Simple Things. 'Not just an exploration book or a detective story but an intriguing experiment in literary non-fiction, THE EXPEDITION is playful in its typography and layout, with every page designed and not just typeset. But its whimsy is always purposeful, and the book earns its right both as documentary and as memoir to the attention of exploration enthusiasts of any taste' Times Lierary Supplement. 'I read it in one sitting. You just can't put it down' Nerikes Allehanda. 'A fascinating, seriously entertaining book' Helsingborgs Dagbladet. 'A masterpiece' Aftonbladet. 'Uusma's tenacity has produced real results and by the artless vulnerability with which she reveals her own foibles and the artful way in which she weaves together history, research and self-revelation into something of genuine substance' The Times.

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