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and an intimate portrait of the countries Bryant has come to know

sees the threat of dissolution at every turn

"--Ron Charles

The Impossible Rescue: The True Story of an Amazing Arctic Adventure antiquarian was not dynamite but fear"An extraordinary true adventure tale. . . . Outstanding nonfiction writing that makes history come alive." Kirkus Reviews (starred review) In 1897, whaling in the Arctic waters off Alaskas coast was as dangerous as it was lucrative. And in that particular year, winter blasted in early, bringing storms and ice packs that caught eight American whale ships and three hundred sailors off guard. Their ships locked in ice, with no means of escape, the