The Last Voyage of the Karluk

An astonishing narrative of disaster and perseverance, The Last Voyage of the Karluk will thrill readers of adventure classics like Into Thin Air and The Climb . In 1913, explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson hired William McKinlay to join the crew of the Karluk , the leading ship of his new Arctic expedition. Stefansson's mission was to chart the waters north of Alaska; yet the Karluk 's crew was untrained, the ship was ill-suited to the icy conditions, and almost at once the Karluk was crushed-at whi