The harrowing true survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly awry-with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter
"Deserves a place beside Alfred Lansing's immortal classic Endurance."-Nathaniel Philbrick
"A riveting tale, splendidly told . . . Madhouse at the End of the Earth has it all."-Stacy Schiff
"Julian Sancton has deftly rescued this forgotten saga from the deep freeze."-Hampton Sides

In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a threeyear expedition aboard the good ship Belgica with dreams of glory. His destination was the uncharted end of the earth: the icy continent of Antarctica.
But de Gerlache's plans to be first to the magnetic South Pole would swiftly go awry. After a series of costly setbacks, the commandant faced...