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Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media
Maybe someday
48
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Readers
29/100Critics
67/100Scholars
Author:
Darrell Hartman
Publisher:
Viking
Date:
June 6, 2023
A sixty-year saga of frostbite and fake news that follows the no-holds-barred battle between two legendary explorers to reach the North Pole, and the newspapers which stopped at nothing to get-and sell-the story.
What The Reviewers Say
Exciting and impressively researched.
Hartman...has combined the saga of the jostling press lords with the narrative of the sometimes-deadly competition.
A tale of polar adventure and newspaper warfare that will interest readers of Hampton Sides and Gay Talese alike.
Hartman delves into the actions of a host of contentious characters in this tale of polar-exploration controversies and the media hype that fueled them. There are a number of fascinating personalities here.
