3.5 stars really. I did enjoy this book, which chronicles the tales of simply amazing men who ventured into the Arctic (by the author's count, more than 1,000, of which 800+ never were seen again) during the late 1800s and early 1900s. I particularly liked his explanations of why different explor...
I'd give this book more stars, but after catching an error in the first page, I can't do it. "In the late 1940s, Seeger belonged to a group called the Almanac Singers"-- it was the late 1930s to early 40s... which I guess is evident, because on the next page, it says "The Almanac Singers broke up...