For Glory, Not Gold: Expeditions through Arctic Lands 1818-1876

Travel to the North Pole remains the ultimate challenge for intrepid adventurers; this tome takes readers along on ten daring nineteenth-century expeditions through firsthand accounts and striking archival images.

This exceptional volume showcases ten major international arctic expeditions carried out between 1818 and 1875, tracing the journeys of intrepid explorers from the United States, England, Scotland, Ireland, and France. These courageous nautical pioneers braved icy conditions and th...