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Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night Hardcover – May 4, 2021
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“The energy of the narrative never flags. . . . Sancton has produced a thriller.”—The Wall Street Journal
In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three-year expedition aboard the good ship Belgica with dreams of glory. His destination was the uncharted end of the earth: the icy continent of Antarctica.
But de Gerlache’s plans to be first to the magnetic South Pole would swiftly go awry. After a series of costly setbacks, the commandant faced two bad options: turn back in defeat and spare his men the devastating Antarctic winter, or recklessly chase fame by sailing deeper into the freezing waters. De Gerlache sailed on, and soon the Belgica was stuck fast in the icy hold of the Bellingshausen Sea. When the sun set on the magnificent polar landscape one last time, the ship’s occupants were condemned to months of endless night. In the darkness, plagued by a mysterious illness and besieged by monotony, they descended into madness.
In Madhouse at the End of the Earth, Julian Sancton unfolds an epic story of adventure and horror for the ages. As the Belgica’s men teetered on the brink, de Gerlache relied increasingly on two young officers whose friendship had blossomed in captivity: the expedition’s lone American, Dr. Frederick Cook—half genius, half con man—whose later infamy would overshadow his brilliance on the Belgica; and the ship’s first mate, soon-to-be legendary Roald Amundsen, even in his youth the storybook picture of a sailor. Together, they would plan a last-ditch, nearly certain-to-fail escape from the ice—one that would either etch their names in history or doom them to a terrible fate at the ocean’s bottom.
Drawing on the diaries and journals of the Belgica’s crew and with exclusive access to the ship’s logbook, Sancton brings novelistic flair to a story of human extremes, one so remarkable that even today NASA studies it for research on isolation for future missions to Mars. Equal parts maritime thriller and gothic horror, Madhouse at the End of the Earth is an unforgettable journey into the deep.
- Print length368 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherCrown
- Publication dateMay 4, 2021
- Dimensions6.3 x 1.2 x 9.5 inches
- ISBN-101984824333
- ISBN-13978-1984824332
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“A vivid horror story . . . thrillingly recounted.”—The New York Review of Books
“As soon as you finish, you want to read it again.”—Daily Mail
“Madhouse at the End of the Earth [is an] exquisitely researched and deeply engrossing account of the Belgica’s disastrous Antarctic expedition. Sancton uses . . . an extraordinary treasure trove . . . to tease out the personalities and fears and rivalries of his subjects [in] his increasingly harrowing descriptions of life on the Belgica.”—The New York Times
“An extraordinary tale of ambition, folly, heroism and survival, superbly told by Julian Sancton, who has rescued the Belgica’s story from relative obscurity and brought it to magnificent life . . . [a] splendid, beautifully written book.”—The Spectator
“I started reading Madhouse at the End of the Earth . . . and I couldn’t stop. [It] reads like an adventure novel [and] is so detailed you can almost smell and taste it.”—Bon Appétit
“Locked down, I craved perilous adventure. Julian Sancton’s Madhouse at the End of the Earth delivered. The Belgica’s 1897 South Pole expedition is pure horror. Clueless captain, rat-infested ship frozen into the ice, scurvy, darkness, hunger, insanity . . . terrific stuff.”—The New Statesman, “Books of the Year”
“At once a riveting survival tale and a terrifying psychological thriller, Madhouse at the End of the Earth is a mesmerizing, unputdownable read. It deserves a place beside Alfred Lansing’s immortal classic Endurance.”—Nathaniel Philbrick, New York Times bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea and Valiant Ambition
“Madhouse is that rare nonfiction gem—an obscure but important history transformed by deep research and note-perfect storytelling into a classic thriller. Reading this book is as much an adventure as the very story it tells.”—Walter Isaacson, New York Times bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs
“Madhouse at the End of the Earth has it all: idealism, ingenuity, ambition, explosives, flimflammery, a colorful cast, a blank map, a three-month-long night, penguins (and medicinal penguin meat). . . . A riveting tale, splendidly told.”—Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Witches and Cleopatra
“A generation before Shackleton’s Endurance, an adventure every bit as bold and dreadful took place at the bottom of the world, led by a band of unimaginably colorful and resolute explorers. A wild tale, so well told and immersively researched.”—Hampton Sides, nationally bestselling author of In the Kingdom of Ice
“With meticulous research and a novelist’s keen eye, Sancton has penned one of the most enthralling—and harrowing—adventure stories in years.”—Scott Anderson, New York Times bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia and The Quiet Americans
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Why Not Belgium?
August 16, 1897
ANTWERP
The river Scheldt wound languidly from northern France through Belgium, taking a sharp westward turn at the port of Antwerp, where it became deep and wide enough to accommodate oceangoing ships. On this cloudless summer morning, more than twenty thousand people flocked along the city’s riverfront to salute the departure of the Belgica and exult in its glory. Freshly painted steel gray, the 113-foot-long, three-masted steam whaler, fitted with a coal-powered engine, was headed to Antarctica to chart its unknown coasts and collect data on its flora, fauna, and geology. But what drew the crowds today was not the promise of scientific discovery so much as national pride: Belgium, little Belgium, a country that had declared its independence from Holland sixty-seven years earlier and was thus younger than many of its citizens, was staking a claim to the next frontier of human exploration.
At ten o’clock, the vessel weighed anchor and sailed at a regal pace in the direction of the North Sea, so freighted with coal, provisions, and equipment that her deck floated just a foot and a half above the water. Escorted by a flotilla of yachts that carried government officials, well-wishers, and press, the Belgica paraded before the city. She glided past the flag-bedecked townhouses lining the waterfront, past the flamboyant Gothic cathedral that dominated the skyline, past Het Steen, the fortress that had loomed over the river since the Middle Ages. From a pontoon, a military band played “La Brabançonne,” Belgium’s national anthem, a theme as grand as the country was small. Cannons fired in tribute, from both banks of the river. Vessels from around the world blew their foghorns and hoisted Belgium’s black, yellow, and red flag. Cheers rippled across the crowd as the Belgica sailed by. The entire town seemed to vibrate.
Gazing back at this roiling sea of banners and hats and handkerchiefs from the bridge of the ship was the expedition’s commandant, thirty-one-year-old Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery. His face betrayed little emotion, but behind his heavy-lidded eyes he burned with excitement. Every detail of his appearance had been meticulously attended to in preparation for this moment, down to the twist of his mustache, the crop of his beard, and the knot of his cravat. De Gerlache’s dark, double-breasted greatcoat was too warm for this August morning, and not nearly warm enough for the frigid ends of the earth, but it lent him a dashing air befitting a man in the process of making history. Now and again, basking in the acclamation, he pulled off his Belgica-emblazoned cap by its patent-leather brim and waved it at the jubilant multitude. He had long hungered for these cheers. The starting point felt to him like the finish line. “My state of mind,” he wrote, “was that of a man who has just reached his goal.”
In a way, he had. That the ship was leaving at all was a personal triumph. Despite the heartfelt patriotism on display this morning, the Belgian Antarctic Expedition was less a national endeavor than the manifestation of Adrien de Gerlache’s steadfast will. He had spent more than three years planning, staffing, and raising funds for the journey. His determination alone had won over skeptics, loosened purse strings, and rallied a nation behind him. Now, though he remained ten thousand miles from his destination, he was already enjoying a taste of glory. But on this euphoric day, with his countrymen hip-hip-hooraying him, it was easy for de Gerlache to forget that this glory was on credit. To earn it, he would have to survive one of the most hostile environments on earth, a continent so inimical to human life that no man had yet spent more than a few hours on its shores.
Belgium’s border with Holland stretched across the Scheldt a dozen miles northwest of Antwerp. Before crossing it, the Belgica docked at Liefkenshoek quay to attend to one last order of business. Even as the merriment continued on deck and aboard the yachts that swarmed around the vessel, the crew shuttled between the quay and the Belgica’s hold in order to load a half ton of tonite, an explosive believed to be more powerful than dynamite. The tonite sticks, which took up several large crates in the ship’s hold, were de Gerlache’s insurance policy. He didn’t know what to expect from the Antarctic ice, only that a continent that had succeeded in staving off humanity until the nineteenth century demanded respect. He could imagine several ways the ship could be destroyed: she could slam into an iceberg or an uncharted reef. But perhaps the most dreaded possibility was that the Belgica would be caught in the ice and either crushed by the pressure or kept captive indefinitely, leaving her men to starve to death. Several notorious expeditions to the northern polar regions had met such fates. De Gerlache presumed that a half ton of tonite would more than suffice to break the grip of the sea ice. It was the first time he underestimated the power of Antarctica, but it would not be the last.
As the crew packed tonite into the hold, a gaggle of dignitaries left one of the accompanying yachts and boarded the Belgica to wish de Gerlache and his men good luck. A sailor to his core, the commandant was far more comfortable at sea than in a crowd, and over the last three years he had grown weary of glad-handing. He had spent more time scrounging for funds than he expected to spend in Antarctica. As he exchanged pleasantries with government ministers, wealthy patrons, and the wise old men of the Royal Belgian Geographical Society, which had sponsored the expedition, he felt the weight of his obligations to them. If it can be said that he didn’t fear the frozen continent enough, then he feared the judgment of these men too much.
If he failed in his mission, he would shoulder the disappointment of an entire country. Far worse, in his mind, was the dishonor it would bring to his illustrious family. The de Gerlaches were one of Belgium’s oldest aristocratic dynasties, able to trace their origins to the fourteenth century. A relative, Baron Etienne-Constantin de Gerlache, had been among the founders of the Belgian nation, a principal author of its constitution, and its first prime minister (though his tenure lasted just eleven days). Both Adrien’s grandfather and father had been decorated military officers. The public expected greatness from a de Gerlache. In the press and in Brussels high society, Adrien’s family had made a show of support for his Antarctic project, wagering their good name on his success. This only added to the pressure the commandant felt.
Adrien’s parents, sister, and brother—a promising army lieutenant—had also come aboard the Belgica, and remained there after the dignitaries returned to their yacht. The only patron allowed to stay was the socialite Léonie Osterrieth, the expedition’s most dedicated and passionate backer. The plump, fifty-four-year-old widow of a prominent Antwerp trader, she treated de Gerlache like her own son. He, in turn, called her “Maman O.” and considered her his most trusted confidante. (For her generous contributions to the expedition, the men would nickname her “Mère Antarctique,” which means “Mother Antarctica,” but is also a homophone of “Mer Antarctique,” or “Antarctic Sea.”) When it came time for goodbyes, Adrien’s patrician father, Auguste, embraced every member of the expedition, from the lowliest deckhand to the scientists, and with a tremor in his voice called them all his “dear children.” The commandant’s mother, Emma, sobbed inconsolably, as if she’d had a premonition that she would never see her eldest boy again. The Belgica’s twenty-eight-year-old captain, the short and scrappy Georges Lecointe, vowed that he and the rest of the men would devote themselves entirely to her son. He was not the type of man to break a promise. Lecointe then led the crew in three rousing cheers of “Long live Madame de Gerlache!” While the last cry was still echoing down the Scheldt, the captain shouted out orders to the crew.
“Now, everyone back to his post!”
The de Gerlache family left the ship and boarded a yacht named the Brabo, which turned back in the direction of Antwerp. Waving his cap from the deck of the Belgica, the commandant managed to hold back tears, but in the words of one observer, “A violent emotion seized his face.”
“Vive la Belgique!” he yelled across the water as the Brabo pulled away. He scurried up the rigging with the agility of an acrobat. It took him fewer than fifteen seconds to climb to the crow’s nest—a repurposed barrel—where he continued to wave his cap until the vessel carrying nearly everyone he loved disappeared beyond the river bend.
De Gerlache had never lived anywhere other than Belgium, yet in many ways he felt more at home in the cabins of ships, wherever they happened to bring him. He was born in Hasselt, Belgium, on August 2, 1866. Unlike his brother, father, grandfather, and a long line of de Gerlache men going back centuries, he had no interest in a military career. A pacifist at heart, he dreamed of a life at sea, an unusual fascination for a boy growing up in Belgium, which, after its secession from Holland in the 1830 revolution, was left with a virtually nonexistent navy, a bare-bones merchant marine, and only forty miles of coastline.
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- Publisher : Crown; First Edition (May 4, 2021)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 368 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1984824333
- ISBN-13 : 978-1984824332
- Item Weight : 1.4 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.3 x 1.2 x 9.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #76,956 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Julian Sancton is a senior features editor at Departures magazine, where he writes about culture and travel. His work has appeared in Vanity Fair, Esquire, The New Yorker, Wired, and Playboy, among other publications. He spent most of his childhood in France and attended Harvard University, where he studied European history. He lives in Larchmont, New York.
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- Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2021What a compelling read! The writing was fantastic, and the primary source research was seamlessly pulled into a narrative that was engaging and psychologically fascinating. I was in awe of how much research the author did, yet still managed to make the story so engaging that I picked it up each morning in preference to the daily paper (something I never do.) I have read many polar exploration accounts and often the Belgica has been mentioned in passing as an example of men who went mad after being trapped through the polar night. What an over-simplification! I had read nothing that told the story of these men's fortitude and unbelievable resourcefulness, nor did it stick in my mind from these mentions that the Belgica successfully over-wintered and RETURNED HOME, while only losing two men. Reading about how they survived and got out of the pack ice made my jaw drop. Thank goodness someone has finally told the real story, so that the Belgica expedition gets its due and doesn't remain merely a misleading footnote about insanity from isolation. It truly rivals Shackleton's story for sheer endurance and psychological resilience -- I'm left sad that so many polar adventure readers have been left with the impression for over a century that the Beljica was nothing more than an object lesson about what could go wrong. Instead, it is an object lesson about the human spirit and what can be done when all appears to be lost. Absolutely inspiring. Thank you so much for hours of enjoyment and inspiration, Julian Sancton, thank you for resurrecting these men's unbelievable accomplishment in a way that gave me courage for my own life.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2021This is an excellent book, enjoyable to read and rich in detail. The story itself, of a Belgian whaler refitted for polar exploration, is rich with weird turn-of-the-century nationalism and heroic acts. The characters, from the commandant and captain to the celebrated conqueror of the South Pole Roald Amundsen, are novel-worthy in the best sense. The author treats all of them with respect, while showing their flaws through the harrowing narrative. The action scenes are very tense and well-written. The flawed hubris of humanity against wild nature comes through in great relief. And the region being described is pretty priceless on its own.
- Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2021Having read about the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration and the daring exploits of it's more well-known men such as Shackleton, Scott and Amundsen, I knew it was mandatory for me to read about an expedition that, up until now, I had little (if any) knowledge about. The expedition that started the era of Antarctic exploration: The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897-1899.
Julian Sancton does a superb job with meticulous research into this expedition, and explores the trials and tribulations of it's commandant: Adrien de Gerlache and his officers and crew that he is in charge of. Some parts of the book are written so well and capture your attention, that the story seems almost like a work of fiction. Sancton makes you feel empathic to de Gerlache's plight of commanding a petty and insubordinate crew during the early stages of the expedition. Sancton does this by going into depth of the characters of the men aboard the Belgica with detail. One can feel sympathy and grievance with de Gerlache, who ends up redeeming himself when the ship is threatened with another winter in the pack ice of Antarctica. One can feel frustrated yet inspired by the resident doctor aboard, Frederick Cook, who later in life loses his prestige and respect to scandals of his own making. One can certainly feel contemptuous and slightly unforgiving to the spiteful and unforgiving Norwegian Roald Amundsen, who would later in his life lead his own expedition and claim the South Pole for his own country, to the ire of the British people who felt he slighted Robert Falcon Scott of the honor.
This book is a very important historical contribution to Antarctic history and revives an expedition that almost seemed nearly forgotten to the depths of time. Sancton makes sure that the story of the Belgica and her men would live on, and never be forgotten. I highly recommend this book, even if you're not into the history of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2024I bought this book for two different friends, it's well written, it moves along like a good novel, and is a true account of a very interesting time in the exploration of unknown territories. Read it and enjoy the fact that you have a house, and have food, and heat!
- Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2024What an awesome read. So much insight into the minds and actions of three great explorers!
- Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2023A highly detailed account of the Belgiica crew's journey, comrades, and heartbreak. Told factually and with warmth and compassion. A great story I was not aware of before reading. Loved the science and its implications for our future.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2024This excellent book is a well executed review of the Belgian campaign to explore Arctic and Antarctica regions . First Rate !
- Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2024Great story, exciting, fun to read and well written.
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- Amazon CustomerReviewed in Canada on April 4, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars The initial exploration of Antartica was tough
A compelling story. It sounds heroic and exciting to be the first to explore the ends of the earth, but the reality was something quite different. I think that its fair to say that these explorers were not well prepared psychologically for spending the long summer night trapped in a constantly shifting ice field. In fact, that wasn't the original plan but the expedition leader, willing to take risks for a shot at glory, sealed their fate by heading south when perhaps they should have headed north to home.
The books is very well written- it make the reader feel that they are right in with the sailors. Also, the ship was manned by a very interesting team. Real life is more exciting than fiction! Two people, an ambitious doctor and a famous explorer in waiting, Raold Amundsen, kept the expedition alive when most of the crew, including the leader were suffering from scurvy, depression and apathy.
I recommend it- it portrays a unique experience from an earlier time! The closest contemporary equivalent experience might be exploration of the Moon or a planet.
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Luis C. MortonReviewed in Mexico on December 22, 2023
3.0 out of 5 stars Llego la cubierta del libro con pegamento de la caajaa.
No me gusto que llego la cubierta del libro (dust jacket) con pegamento de la caja y rota.
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RAMON P ARIAS FILHOReviewed in Brazil on December 17, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars Sensacional, um livro que se transforma num companheiro inseparável
Esse é um daqueles livros que te transportam para uma outra realidade no espaço e no tempo. A maneira como o autor faz com que você se sinta no extremo do planeta, quase que sentindo o gelo ao seu redor é incrível. Neste livro, como na guerra, você encontra o melhor e o pior do ser humano contado através das situações vividas pela tripulação. Recomendo a todos que gostam de estórias bem contadas de resistência e desafios e querem um sentir um gosto, mesmo que na segurança da sua poltrona, da excitação de uma aventura fascinante.
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EDReviewed in Italy on August 12, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Madhouse at the End of the Earth:
Questa libra e piacere da leggere, una racconta di esplorazione per trovare la vera polo sud, tutti le difficoltà e ostacoli le equipaggio hanno assorbito e di quelli che hanno sopravvissuta, e una storia vera.
- HoboReviewed in Germany on February 6, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Story, intesively told.
Great Story, intesively told.