Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night TC_Bestseller The gods watch from above

The gods watch from above as the dogs venture into their newly unfamiliar world

and the eternal grace and generosity of beauty's presence

As the leader of one party

In this genre-defying “new kind of history” (The New Yorker)

Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night TC_Bestseller The gods watch from aboveNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The exquisitely researched and deeply engrossing (The New York Times) true survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly awrywith the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter The energy of the narrative never flags. . . . Sancton has produced a thriller.The Wall Street Journal In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three