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An Antarctic Mystery
Contributor(s): Verne, Jules (Author)
ISBN: 1365173232     ISBN-13: 9781365173233
Publisher: Lulu.com
OUR PRICE:   $28.97  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: June 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Science Fiction - Action & Adventure
- Fiction | Action & Adventure
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General
Dewey: FIC
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9" (0.96 lbs) 198 pages
 
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The story follows the adventures of the narrator and his journey from the Kerguelen Islands aboard the Halbrane. The narrator is a wealthy American, Jeorling, who has entertained himself with private studies of the wildlife on the Kerguelen Islands and is now looking for a passage back to the USA. Halbrane is one of the first ships to arrive at Kerguelen, and its captain Len Guy somewhat reluctantly agrees to have Jeorling as a passenger as far as Tristan da Cunha. Underway, they meet a stray iceberg with a dead body on it, which turns out to be a sailor from a ship named Jane. A note found with him indicates that he and several others including Jane's captain William Guy had survived an assassination attempt and are still alive...