An Antarctic Mystery
An Antarctic Mystery (French: Le Sphinx des glaces, The Sphinx of the Ice Fields) is a two-volume novel by Jules Verne. Written in 1897, it is a continuation of Edgar Allan Poe's 1838 novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. It follows the adventures of the narrator and his journey from the Kerguelen Islands aboard Halbrane.
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| Author | Jules Verne |
|---|---|
| Original title | Le Sphinx des glaces |
| Translator | Mrs. Cashel Hoey |
| Illustrator | Georges Roux |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Series | The Extraordinary Voyages #44 |
| Genre | Adventure, Science fiction |
| Publisher | Pierre-Jules Hetzel |
Publication date | 1897 |
Published in English | 1898 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Preceded by | Clovis Dardentor |
| Followed by | The Mighty Orinoco |
Neither Poe nor Verne had actually visited the remote Kerguelen Islands, located in the south Indian Ocean, but their works are some of the few literary (as opposed to exploratory) references to the archipelago.
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