Realm of Ice and Sky: Triumph, Tragedy, and History's Greatest Arctic Rescue
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- Release Year
- 2025
- ISBN
- 9781250289186
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
1250289181
ISBN-13
9781250289186
eBay Product ID (ePID)
27067061193
Product Key Features
Book Title
Realm of Ice and Sky : Triumph, Tragedy, and History's Greatest Arctic Rescue
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2025
Topic
Polar Regions, Earth Sciences / Geography, Adventurers & Explorers, Expeditions & Discoveries
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
21.5 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2024-031110
Reviews
Praise for Buddy Levy: "At the beginning of the twentieth century, no human pursuit was more difficult or more dangerous than polar exploration--until early aviation, in all its deadly forms, was added to the icy mix. In Realm of Ice and Sky , Levy tells the most important and astonishing of these stories with consummate skill, leaving readers with their jaws on the floor, extremely grateful not to be either in the air or on the ice with these brave and wild men." Candice Millard, national bestselling author of River of the Gods and River of Doubt "Levy writes beautifully about the cold. His Arctic is fearsome and sublime, his ice a living thing. His passion for this alien landscape is infectioussomething to appreciate from underneath a pile of blankets while wearing very warm socks." New York Times Book Review on Empire of Ice and Stone "The gripping account of a fatal polar adventure. Hair-raising suffering and heroism in the Arctic." Kirkus Reviews on Empire of Ice and Stone "Full of evocative descriptions, harrowing action scenes, and incisive character sketches, this is a worthy addition to the literature of Arctic exploration." Publishers Weekly on Empire of Ice and Stone "[Levy] is a master storyteller whose latest thoroughly researched, spellbinding narrative is both profoundly horrifying and heroic...His well-paced, captivating writing is chock-full of vivid imagery and description, making a gripping true tale all the more haunting, powerful, and hard to put down...an intense and riveting read." Washington State Magazine on Empire of Ice and Stone "Levy tells the incredible tale of the genius of Bartlett leading his unseasoned crew over the ice to Wrangel Island in the dead of winter, and then of his own desperate 700-nautical-mile journey over the ice to Siberia to try to find help to rescue the survivors, vividly bringing this harrowing tale to life." Explorers Journal on Empire of Ice and Stone, Praise for Buddy Levy: "Levy writes beautifully about the cold. His Arctic is fearsome and sublime, his ice a living thing. His passion for this alien landscape is infectioussomething to appreciate from underneath a pile of blankets while wearing very warm socks." New York Times Book Review on Empire of Ice and Stone "The gripping account of a fatal polar adventure. Hair-raising suffering and heroism in the Arctic." Kirkus Reviews on Empire of Ice and Stone "Full of evocative descriptions, harrowing action scenes, and incisive character sketches, this is a worthy addition to the literature of Arctic exploration." Publishers Weekly on Empire of Ice and Stone "[Levy] is a master storyteller whose latest thoroughly researched, spellbinding narrative is both profoundly horrifying and heroic...His well-paced, captivating writing is chock-full of vivid imagery and description, making a gripping true tale all the more haunting, powerful, and hard to put down...an intense and riveting read." Washington State Magazine on Empire of Ice and Stone "Levy tells the incredible tale of the genius of Bartlett leading his unseasoned crew over the ice to Wrangel Island in the dead of winter, and then of his own desperate 700-nautical-mile journey over the ice to Siberia to try to find help to rescue the survivors, vividly bringing this harrowing tale to life." Explorers Journal on Empire of Ice and Stone, Praise for Buddy Levy: "Levy is a master of taking us on history's greatest adventures, from the Grand Canyon to the Amazon Rainforest, and now to the heights of the frigid North Pole" Paul Rosolie, author of Mother of God: An Extraordinary Journey into the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon "At the beginning of the twentieth century, no human pursuit was more difficult or more dangerous than polar exploration--until early aviation, in all its deadly forms, was added to the icy mix. In Realm of Ice and Sky , Levy tells the most important and astonishing of these stories with consummate skill, leaving readers with their jaws on the floor, extremely grateful not to be either in the air or on the ice with these brave and wild men." Candice Millard, national bestselling author of River of the Gods and River of Doubt "Levy writes beautifully about the cold. His Arctic is fearsome and sublime, his ice a living thing. His passion for this alien landscape is infectioussomething to appreciate from underneath a pile of blankets while wearing very warm socks." New York Times Book Review on Empire of Ice and Stone "The gripping account of a fatal polar adventure. Hair-raising suffering and heroism in the Arctic." Kirkus Reviews on Empire of Ice and Stone "Full of evocative descriptions, harrowing action scenes, and incisive character sketches, this is a worthy addition to the literature of Arctic exploration." Publishers Weekly on Empire of Ice and Stone "[Levy] is a master storyteller whose latest thoroughly researched, spellbinding narrative is both profoundly horrifying and heroic...His well-paced, captivating writing is chock-full of vivid imagery and description, making a gripping true tale all the more haunting, powerful, and hard to put down...an intense and riveting read." Washington State Magazine on Empire of Ice and Stone "Levy tells the incredible tale of the genius of Bartlett leading his unseasoned crew over the ice to Wrangel Island in the dead of winter, and then of his own desperate 700-nautical-mile journey over the ice to Siberia to try to find help to rescue the survivors, vividly bringing this harrowing tale to life." Explorers Journal on Empire of Ice and Stone
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
910.9113
Synopsis
Two-time National Outdoor Book Award-winning author Buddy Levy's thrilling narrative of polar exploration via airshipand the men who sacrificed everything to make history. Arctic explorer and American visionary Walter Wellman pioneered both polar and trans-Atlantic airship aviation, making history's first attempts at each. Yet, Wellman has been cast as a self-promoting egomaniac known mostly for his catastrophic failures. Instead he was a courageous innovator who pushed the boundaries of polar exploration and paved the way for the ultimate conquest of the North Pole--which would be achieved not by dogsled or airplane, but by airship. In 1908-09, American explorers Dr. Frederick Cook and Robert Perry, in separate expeditions, both claimed they'd reached the North Pole first, but their claims were seriously questioned. There was enough doubt that Norwegian explorer extraordinaire Roald Amundsen--who'd made history and a name for himself by being the first to sail through the Northwest Passage and the first man to the South Pole--attempted to fly to the North Pole by airship. He would go in the Norge, designed by Italian aeronautical engineer Umberto Nobile. The 350-foot Norge flew over the North Pole on May 12, 1926, and Amundsen was able to accurately record and verify their exact location. However, Nobile felt slighted by Amundsen. Two years later, Nobile returned, this time in the Italia, backed by Prime Minister Benito Mussolini. This was an Italian enterprise, and Nobile intended to win back the global accolades and reputation he believed Amundsen had stripped from him. The journey ended in disaster, death, and accusations of cannibalism, launching one of the greatest rescue operations the world had ever seen. Realm of Ice and Sky is the riveting tale of the men who first flew the most technologically advanced airships of their time to the top of the world, risking and even giving their lives for science, country, and polar immortality.
LC Classification Number
G700 1928.L48 2025
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