Madhouse at the End of the Earth | Julian Sancton | Paperback
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The Belgica sailed in 1897 with scientific ambitions for the Antarctic. Trapped in ice, her crew instead faced a winter of darkness, illness and confinement. Julian Sancton reconstructs the expedition through journals, diaries and the ship’s log, following the growing strain aboard a vessel that could no longer move.
Among the central figures are the doctor Frederick Cook and the young Roald Amundsen, whose responses to the crisis would become part of polar history. Sancton’s account joins the practical problems of survival to the psychological pressures of an isolated ship. This paperback is a strong choice for readers interested in Antarctic exploration and in the fragile relationship between leadership, endurance and life at sea.
Book Details
- Author: Julian Sancton
- Full title: Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica’s Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
- Publisher: Ebury Publishing
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN-13: 9780753553466
- Publication date: 01/02/2022
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