The Fur Country
Original Title: Le Pays des fourrures
Author: Jules Verne
Tags: Adventure, Science Fiction
Published: 1873
Source: ManyBooks.net
In 1859 Lt. Jasper Hobson and other members of the Hudson's Bay Company
travel through the Northwest Territories of Canada to Cape Bathurst on the
Arctic Ocean on the mission to create a fort at 70 degrees, north of the Arctic
Circle. The area they come to is very rich with wildlife and natural resources.
Jasper Hobson and his party establish a fort here. At some point, an earthquake
occurs, and from then on, laws of physics seem altered (a total eclipse happens
to be only partial; tides are not perceived anymore). They eventually realise
that they are on an iceberg separated from the sea ice that is drifting south.
Hobson does a daily measurement to know the iceberg's location. The iceberg
passes the Bering Strait and the iceberg (which is now much smaller, since the
warmer waters has melted some parts) finally reaches a small island. A Danish
whaling ship finds them. Every member in Hobson's party is rescued and they all
survive.
(Wikipedia)
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