Niven 'Master's tragic tale - Deft narrative of journey fascinates.(Arts and Lifestyle)

From: The Boston Herald | Date: December 17, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

"The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the 'Karluk' " by Jennifer Niven (Hyperion, $24.95)

On June 17, 1913, a team of international scientists set sail in a wooden whaler from Victoria, British Columbia. With celebrated adventurer Viljhalmur Stefansson as the leader and veteran "ice master" Robert Bartlett at the helm, it was to be the grandest, most ambitious Arctic expedition ever.

In this numbing account, author Jennifer Niven manages to keep track of a scattered cast of characters who participated in a voyage that was doomed from the start.

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