Download or read book Fatal North written by Bruce Henderson and published by Signet Book. This book was released on 2001 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning as America's first attempt to reach the North Pole, an expedition ended with the captain's suspicious death, a brutal struggle for survival, and a government cover-up. This harrowing account of the 130-year old mystery of the "U.S.S. Polaris" presents information from transcripts of the Navy inquest, the ship's log, autopsy and forensic reports, and the personal papers of the captain and crew.