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Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey Into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton
2 reviews
jrwarburton96's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.5
An epic and fascinating story of human survival. Would highly recommend to anyone who enjoys non-fiction stories, and particularly anyone who has an interest in the Golden Age of Polar Exploration.
Moderate: Chronic illness, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Gore
Minor: Suicide and Alcohol
modernhobbitvibes's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
tense
medium-paced
4.0
I CANNOT find the bookstagrammer who recommended this in a video, but shout out to them, this was kind of a banger.
Graphic: Body horror, Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Confinement, Mental illness, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Violence and Gore
Minor: Racism, Colonisation, and Suicide
Entire book is about survival situations in extreme conditions, including the risk of death by starvation/freezing and explicit death by drowning. There is also discussion of the effects of global warming in the author's notes.
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