Steve Young

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Sixteen-year-old Stephen Young joins an Arctic expedition with a personal purpose: Captain Marsham hopes to find the boy’s uncle, whose schooner has been unheard of since sailing north. At a Norwegian port, an experienced sailor first warns against the risks, then offers help when he learns the reason for the voyage. Dr Handscombe brings scientific curiosity to a party preparing for ice, cold and uncertain waters.

George Manville Fenn’s adventure novel gives readers both the bustle of departure and the practical problems of polar navigation. Steve watches seals and a bear while Johannes, a Norwegian crewman, searches for channels through drifting ice. Their exchanges show the gap between a boy’s confidence and a sailor’s knowledge of changing conditions. The appeal lies in that close attention to seamanship, alongside the urgency of a search for missing people.