
The Desert of Ice
(The Field of Ice)
(The second book in the Adventures of Captain Hatteras series)(1863)
A novel by
Jules Verne
In this book Verne struck again the bolder note of imagination and creation. Here the daring explorers are represented as actually attaining the pole; and the bold inventions of what they saw and did, rising to the startling climax of the volcano and the madman's climb, are led up to through such a well-managed, well-constructed and convincing story, that many critics have selected this in its turn as the most powerful of Verne's works.
It is notable that, with the exception of the open sea and the volcano, the world which our author here penetrates in imagination, coincides closely with that which Peary has discovered to exist in reality. Here are the same barren lands, the same weary sledge journey, the same locations of land and sea, the "red snow," the open leads in the ice. Verne's predictions, wild as they sometimes seem, were all so carefully studied that they shoot most close to truth.
It is notable that, with the exception of the open sea and the volcano, the world which our author here penetrates in imagination, coincides closely with that which Peary has discovered to exist in reality. Here are the same barren lands, the same weary sledge journey, the same locations of land and sea, the "red snow," the open leads in the ice. Verne's predictions, wild as they sometimes seem, were all so carefully studied that they shoot most close to truth.
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Hardback Editions
August 2008 : Hardback
| Title: The Field of Ice Author(s): Jules Verne ISBN: 0-554-23048-8 / 978-0-554-23048-1 (USA edition) Publisher: BiblioLife Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
August 2008 : Hardback
| Title: The Field of Ice Author(s): Jules Verne ISBN: 0-554-32351-6 / 978-0-554-32351-0 (USA edition) Publisher: BiblioLife Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
November 2007 : Hardback
| Title: The Desert of Ice Author(s): Jules Verne ISBN: 1-4344-9638-4 / 978-1-4344-9638-6 Publisher: Wildside Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 1976 : Hardback
| Title: Desert of Ice (Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras) Author(s): Jules Verne ISBN: 0-88411-903-3 / 978-0-88411-903-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Amereon Limited Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1951 : Hardback
| Title: The Adventures of Captain Hatteras The Desert of Ice Author(s): Jules Verne Publisher: Didier Availability: Amazon More details... |
Paperback Editions
January 2008 : Paperback
| Title: The Field of Ice: Easyread Edition Author(s): Jules Verne ISBN: 1-4270-2442-1 / 978-1-4270-2442-8 (USA edition) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2008 : Paperback
| Title: The Field of Ice: Easyread Large Edition Author(s): Jules Verne ISBN: 1-4270-2846-X / 978-1-4270-2846-4 (USA edition) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2008 : Paperback
| Title: The Field of Ice: Easyread Large Bold Edition Author(s): Jules Verne ISBN: 1-4270-3041-3 / 978-1-4270-3041-2 (USA edition) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2008 : Paperback
| Title: The Field of Ice: Easyread Comfort Edition Author(s): Jules Verne ISBN: 1-4270-3306-4 / 978-1-4270-3306-2 (USA edition) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
December 2007 : Paperback
| Title: The Field of Ice (EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition) Author(s): Jules Verne ISBN: 1-4270-3242-4 / 978-1-4270-3242-3 (USA edition) Publisher: ReadHowYouWant Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
November 2007 : Paperback
| Title: The Desert of Ice Author(s): Jules Verne ISBN: 1-4344-9637-6 / 978-1-4344-9637-9 Publisher: Wildside Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
October 2007 : Paperback
| Title: The Field of Ice Author(s): Jules Verne ISBN: 1-4264-3591-6 / 978-1-4264-3591-1 (USA edition) Publisher: BiblioLife Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
October 2007 : Paperback
| Title: The Field of Ice Author(s): Jules Verne ISBN: 1-4264-3642-4 / 978-1-4264-3642-0 (USA edition) Publisher: BiblioLife Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2007 : Paperback
| Title: The Field of Ice Author(s): Jules Verne ISBN: 1-4065-5420-0 / 978-1-4065-5420-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Dodo Press Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2002 : Paperback
| Title: The Desert of Ice Author(s): Jules Verne ISBN: 1-4101-0027-8 / 978-1-4101-0027-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Fredonia Books (NL) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
December 2000 : Paperback
| Title: The Field of Ice Author(s): Jules Verne ISBN: 1-58963-013-0 / 9781589630130 (USA edition) Publisher: Fredonia Books (NL) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1980 : Paperback
| Title: The Desert of Ice Author(s): Jules Verne Publisher: Fredonia Books (NL) Availability: Amazon More details... |
Other Editions
December 2007 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Field of Ice Author(s): Jules Verne Publisher: VP Classics Availability: Amazon More details... |
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