the voyages and adventures of captain hatteras

Doctor Clawbonny recalls in mind the plan of the real Ice palace, constructed completely from ice in Russia in 1740 to build a snow-house, where they should spend a winter. On the shore of the island of 'New America' he discovers the remains of a ship used by the previous expedition from the United States. Mutiny by the crew results in destruction of their ship but Hatteras, with a few men, continues on the expedition. Hatteras is convinced that the sea around the pole is not frozen and his obsession is to reach the place no matter what.

The novel, set in 1861, described adventures of British expedition led by Captain John Hatteras to the North Pole. Captain Hatteras shows many similarities with British explorer John Franklin. Three of Verne's books from 1863-65 (Five Weeks in a Balloon, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and From the Earth to the Moon) were added into the series retroactively. Although it was the first book of the series it was labeled as number two. The definitive version from 1866 was included into Voyages Extraordinaires series (The Extraordinary Voyages). The novel was published for the first time in 1864. The Adventures of Captain Hatteras (French: Voyages et aventures du capitaine Hatteras) is an adventure novel by Jules Verne in two parts: The English at the North Pole (French: Les Anglais au p?le nord) and The desert of ice (French: Le D?sert de glace).

The voyages and adventures of captain hatteras