Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-07-06 | Page 11 | Heroes of Polar Adventures Live in Exciting Book

4 I Heroes of Polar I Adventures Live in Exciting Book N Narrative Replete With Actual Happenings of ExpeditIons Expeditions Expeditions Ex Ex- I A stirring tale of the daring and courage of the tho polar conquests is told in Her Heroes es of ot the tho Farthest North and Farthest South by J J. Kennedy MacLean This book is most valuable in furnishing a timely perspective perspective- for the notable success of the tho tho Richard E. E B Byrd rd expedition Now in its revised third edition It brings the polar narrative e up to date presenting a n. c cOmplete picture of ot the discovery of polar secrets Replete with qu quotations from the explorers explorers' logs and Journals the book gives gI 0 a hand first-hand picture of many of their experiences BegInning BegIn BegIn- fling ning with tho the exploits of the Norsemen Norse men The Th Men Who Vho First Sought the Ule p Pole le the opening chapter r reveals re reveals reveals re- re re- re the adventures of those thos e early sea sea rovers The search for tor the Northwest p passage sage so so closely connected connected connected con con- with tho the early exploration r tIon and development of ot America tells the he courageous struggles of such men as Henry Hudson Captain VE W. W E 3 Parry tarry and Sir John Franklin following these the tale of ot How Dr X Kane e Escaped Es From an Icy P Prison is incomparable as as a a. record a-record of ot heroic role endurance Sir Franklins Franklin's tragIc disappearance had impelled Dr r. r Kane Kart to o enter the search f for r the Franklin party and attempt to penetrate the Icebound Ice territory ory around the North Pole This search and attempt was attempt was s the g goal al of ot a number number numer num- num I ber er of American explorers explorers Hayes I In n the vessel United States Halland Hall Halland Halland and the Polaris expedition stirring stirring stir sUr- ring indeed in experiences I Each failure gave greater stimulus i t to o other attempts to reach U the i North Pole and the thel en enterprise be became became be- be I came international Greeleys Greeley's expedition ex- ex set a new northern mark but ut only beven members survive sur The acco account nt of Nansen's struggles Includes the most exciting episode of the tho bout between Lieutenant Johansen Johansen and an enormous enormous bear I Peary's final discovery of the pole and the experiences Of ot f on I Amundsen and MacMillan make most absorbing chapters recounting more nore recent polar exploration The of the north polar conquest conquests Is s c concluded with Byrds Byrd's airplane das dash to the p pole le the flight of the the Norgo dirigible the tho ill m fated quest of the Italia and Wilkins Wilkin's flight across tho the Arctic circle The lure Jure of the South Pole is portraYed por por portrayed in an equally absorbing manner in tho the final portion of ot the book wok Beginning with Captain James Fames Coo Cook the Pioneer of ot South Polo ole Navigators graphic and thrilling history is made by Weddell Wed Wed- Wedi i dell deli and Ross Bruce Druce Scott and Shackleton Again the race for d discovery becomes become keenly international and Roald Amundsen of ot Nor way captures tho the honor Scott Isa Isa is isa a close second to reach the South Pole only to perish within a a. scant eleven miles of camp This tragic fate as in the case of Franklin spurred greater Interest st In exploration 11 tion of the South Polar regions Shackleton returns and Cope leads a better equipped d research expedition expedition expedition tion with some success But the climax of course has been written by jy the expedition of Richard E. E Byrd wonderfully planned and successfully suc sue suc executed from the base Little Am America Interesting d details of the life lite of the expedition th there re and the flight over r the pole by the man who had previously viewed the North Pole from the air are arc well told That Sir George Hubert Wilkins now in tho the vicinity of the South Pole may bethe bethe be bethe the second to accomplish this feat 11 is a the tho final c conclusion lon of this this' exceedingly cx- cx well written nl narrative e of ot the lure of the poles Thomas Thom 8 Y Crowell Co Now New York