Topsy-Turvy
Alternative Title: The Purchase of the North Pole
Original Title: Sans dessus dessous
Author: Jules Verne
Published: 1889
The North Polar Practical Association has plans on making a purchase of all
the territory north of the 84th parallel. This association is in reality the
members of the Baltimore Gun Club, including Secretary J.T. Maston, President
Impy Barbicane and Captain Nicholl. Through the generosity of Mrs. Angelina
Scorbitt the association is successful in its bid for this region of the globe.
Only the world wonders why they have bid for this uninhabitable region. With
the property secure, the association makes their plans known, they intend on
altering the axis of the earth, so that this Artic region will obtain a
temperate climate, allow them access to the large coal deposits they expect to
find there. And how will they accomplish this? The same way these men made it
to the moon, with a large gun. With the Gun Club's infallible J.T. Maston
making the calculations, the association surely can't lose in the proposition.
(JulesVerne.ca)
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