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Trial by ice : the true story of murder and survival on the 1871 Polaris expedition / by Parry, Richard,1942-;
Includes bibliographical references (page 311) and index.
Subjects: Polaris (Ship);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Trial by ice [large print] : the true story of murder and survival on the 1871 Polaris expedition / by Parry, Richard,1942-(CARDINAL)635499;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 604-605).
Subjects: Large print books.; Polaris (Ship);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Afterlands : a novel / by Heighton, Steven,1961-2022.;
Provides a fictional chronicle of the real-life ordeal of nineteen men, women, and children cast adrift on an ice floe off the coast of Greenland in 1871, as they struggle with the harsh elements and with each other.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Historical fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Polaris (Ship); Wilderness survival; Shipwreck survival;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Narrative of the North Polar expedition : U.S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall commanding / by United States.Navy Department.(CARDINAL)144343; Hall, Charles Francis,1821-1871.(CARDINAL)184016; Davis, Charles Henry,1807-1877,editor.; Tyson, George E.(George Emory),1829-1906,contributor.(CARDINAL)184358; Chester, Hubbard C.,d. 1889?,contributor.; Bryan, Richard W. D.,contributor.; Bessels, Emil,1847-1888,illustrator.; Schumann, Emil,illustrator.; Smillie, T. W.(Thomas William),1843-1917,illustrator.; Morgan, Henry J.(Henry James),1842-1913,illustrator.; Nichols, H. H.(Henry Hobart),1816-1887,engraver.; United States Naval Observatory.(CARDINAL)137764;
Appendix: Instructions of the National academy of sciences. -- Correspondence between the British Admiralty and the United States Navy department in relation to the stores left by the Polaris expedition on the west coast of Greenland. -- Journals of Mr. H.C. Chester and Captain Geo. E. Tyson while on boat-journeys, June-July, 1872. -- Journals used in the preparation of the Narrative of the Polaris expedition.This narrative has been prepared from official papers and from journals of the officers and men of the Expedition, as well as from valuable private contributions acknowledged in the text. The thread of the story of the Polaris has been drawn chiefly from a compilation made by Mr. R.W.D. Bryan, the Astronomer of the Expedition; the incidents of the ice-floe party have been furnished by the journals and note-books of Geo. E. Tyson, Assistant Navigator, and of others with him on the floe, and by the testimony given before the board organized by the Secretary of the Navy, June 5, 1873.
Subjects: Travel writing.; Polaris (Ship); Hall, Charles Francis, 1821-1871;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Arctic experiences: containing Capt. George E. Tyson's wonderful drift on the ice-floe, a history of the Polaris expedition, the cruise of the Tigress, and rescue of the Polaris survivors. To which is added a general arctic chronology. / by Blake, E. Vale(Euphemia Vale),1817-1904.(CARDINAL)216968;
Subjects: Tyson, George E. (George Emory), 1829-1906.; Polaris (Ship); Tigress (Screw steamer); Old State Library Collection.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Journey to the Arctic : the true story of the disastrous 1871 mission to the North Pole / by Tyson, George E.(George Emory),1829-1906.(CARDINAL)184358; Blake, E. Vale(Euphemia Vale),1817-1904.(CARDINAL)216968; Stark, Peter,1954-(CARDINAL)383947;
In June of 1871, navigator George E. Tyson and the Polaris sailed forth from New York to pursue an American dream--to be the first expedition to explore the icy waters of the North Pole. Led by Captain Hall, veteran Arctic explorer, it seemed the Polaris would not fail. But the voyage was doomed from the start: impassable ice-floes, a crew that couldn't get along, and eventually the poisoning and untimely death of Captain Hall. -back cover.
Subjects: Tyson, George E. (George Emory), 1829-1906.; Polaris (Ship); Tigress (Screw steamer); Survival;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Polaris / by McDevitt, Jack.(CARDINAL)357229;
Subjects: Science fiction.; Antique dealers; Missing persons; Rich people; Space ships;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 12
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Polaris / by McDevitt, Jack.(CARDINAL)357229;
Sixty years after the disappearance of the passengers and crew of the luxury space yacht Polaris, found empty and adrift in space, Alex Benedict sets out to uncover the truth about the Polaris and to reveal the fate of its passengers.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Antique dealers; Missing persons; Rich people; Space ships;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Polaris / by Arnett, Mindee.(CARDINAL)354583;
"Jeth Seagrave and his crew of mercenaries are pulled into one last high-stakes mission"--Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Liberty; Life on other planets; Mercenary troops; Science fiction; Siblings; Space ships; Siblings.;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 8
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Polaris / by Northrop, Michael,author.(CARDINAL)350709;
"In the 1830s Owen Ward is cabin boy on the "Polaris," a ship on a voyage of scientific exploration, when illness and a mutiny off the coast of Brazil cause the adult crew to abandon the ship, leaving the handful of young cabin attendants and deckhands behind. The young seafarers are determined to bring their ship to safety, but when one of them disappears they begin to suspect that there is something deadly on board with them"--780LAccelerated Reader ARA Junior Library Guild Selection (JLG.), February 2018.
Subjects: Sea fiction.; Action and adventure fiction.; Seafaring life; Ships;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 11
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