Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey Into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton

Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey Into the Dark Antarctic Night

Julian Sancton

331 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous reflective slow-paced
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The harrowing true survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly awry--with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter--in the tradition of David Grann, Nathaniel Philbrick, and Ham...

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Moods

adventurous 92%
informative 74%
dark 50%
tense 43%
inspiring 22%
challenging 21%
reflective 19%
emotional 18%
sad 13%
mysterious 9%
hopeful 6%
funny 2%

Pace

medium 60%
slow 31%
fast 8%

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4.14

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