On July 8, 1879, Captain George Washington De Long and his team of 32 men set sail on the USS Jeanette from San Francisco to cheering crowds and headed deep into uncharted Arctic waters, carrying the aspirations of a young country burning to be the first nation to reach the Pole. Only two years into the harrowing voyage, the hull was breached by an impassable stretch of pack ice, forcing the crew to abandon ship amid torrents of rushing of water. Less than an hour later, the USS Jeannette had sunk below the surface and the men were marooned a thousand miles north of Siberia, facing a terrifying march with the barest supplies across the endless ice. Facing everything from snow blindness and polar bears to ferocious storms and labyrinths of ice, the expedition battled madness and starvation as they struggled desperately to survive. With thrilling twists and turns, In The Kingdom of Ice is a spellbinding tale of heroism and determination in the most brutal place on Earth.