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July 17, 2013

Marooned at the End of the World

In 1913, a ship carrying 31 explorers got stuck in the Arctic ice, hundreds of miles from civilization. The leader left to carry on the expedition. Others stuck with the boat. Help wouldn’t come for a year.

Dugald McConnell CNN Jul 2013 15min Permalink