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Madhouse at the end of earth5/18/2023 ![]() Sancton writes, “The Cambrier,as he’d christened her, was the first ship under his command, and his first shipwreck. As a boy, de Gerlache had once spent months building a model of a sailing ship, only to see it carried over a waterfall in a stream on its maiden voyage. ![]() The Belgica left Antwerp in 1897 under the command of Adrien de Gerlache, an erratic and entitled enthusiast from a prominent Belgian family. The Belgica crew celebrates its equatorial crossing, October 1897.īut before Cherry-Garrard-and before Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott’s fateful race for the South Pole-there was the ill-fated Belgica expedition, the subject of Julian Sancton’s enthralling and beautifully written Madhouse at the End of the Earth. The cold made his teeth chatter so violently that he broke them all. ![]() Apsley Cherry-Garrard described his expedition to retrieve an unhatched emperor-penguin egg as “the worst journey in the world”-the title of his classic account. Read more Print length 560 pages Language English Publication date JDimensions 6.1 x 1 x 9. ![]() Back home-fingers missing, noses shortened-survivors trade stories for drink, fixing strangers with a remaining eye: It were the sled dogs saved us, I won’t lie to you. Equal parts maritime thriller and gothic horror, Madhouse at the End of the Earth is an unforgettable journey into the deep. ![]()
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