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The Purchase of the North Pole / A sequel to "From the earth to the moon"
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About This Book
A visionary industrial consortium purchases the polar territories with the aim of exploiting alleged mineral riches by radically transforming polar conditions through massive engineering. The narrative follows scientific debates and public controversy over a bold proposal to alter the Earth’s orientation by means of gigantic apparatus and explosive operations, weighing technical feasibility against moral and political risks. Detailed plans and large-scale works in distant regions bring engineers, financiers, and skeptics into conflict, and an expeditionary phase leads to tense moments and an unexpected resolution that tests the limits of human ingenuity and responsibility.
THE
PURCHASE OF THE NORTH POLE
THE
A SEQUEL TO
“FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON”
BY
JULES VERNE
AUTHOR OF “TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA,” “AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS,” “THE FUR COUNTRY,” ETC., ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
LONDON AND EDINBURGH
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & COMPANY
Limited