A review by sarah984
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton

adventurous informative medium-paced

4.0

This was a really interesting story of Antarctic adventure and bad decisions. Several people on board the ship kept detailed diaries (and later wrote memoirs of varying accuracy) so many events are illustrated in the participants' own words. This really gives you a feel of the group dynamics on board, which is important in an isolation story about a small group. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Chronic illness, Medical content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Colonisation, Death, Excrement, Racism, and Vomit

Minor: Addiction, Cannibalism, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, and Infidelity