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A review by madsreadstheclassics
The Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Jules Verne
3.0
I swear Jules Verne, armchair expert on everything, honestly just writes these stories to info-dump about natural sciences and polar exploration and I completely respect him for that. It's probably an easier read if you know your arctic geography, but if I were reading this in the 1800s and learning everything about all the real expeditions via this novel I would be such a nerd about it. (Verne also once again proves that everybody into arctic explorers, including me, is obsessed with Joseph-René Bellot <3)
On the story note, unfortunately I always care more about the mutineer side than the captain's loyalists, and that was doubly true here because I was totally with Shandon, Hatteras was kind of a jerk. So the narrative was a little less compelling in Pt II of the adventure, although I liked the tension of British-American nationalistic hostilities and the improbable number of polar bear incidents.
On the story note, unfortunately I always care more about the mutineer side than the captain's loyalists, and that was doubly true here because I was totally with Shandon, Hatteras was kind of a jerk. So the narrative was a little less compelling in Pt II of the adventure, although I liked the tension of British-American nationalistic hostilities and the improbable number of polar bear incidents.