HELL ON ICE
Reading edition
THE SAGA OF THE “JEANNETTE”
Books by
COMMANDER ELLSBERG
ON THE BOTTOM
PIGBOATS
S-54
THIRTY FATHOMS DEEP
OCEAN GOLD
SPANISH INGOTS
HELL ON ICE THE SAGA OF THE “JEANNETTE” by COMMANDER EDWARD ELLSBERG
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY NEW YORK 1938
Copyright, 1938, By EDWARD ELLSBERG AND LUCY BUCK ELLSBERG All rights reserved—no part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. PRINTED IN THE U. S. A.
TO EMMA WOTTON DE LONG STILL WAITING AFTER SIXTY YEARS TO REJOIN THE MAN WHO SAILED AWAY IN COMMAND OF THE “JEANNETTE”
“... a truer, nobler, trustier heart, More loving or more loyal, never beat Within a human breast.”