Great Mysteries of the Ocean: The Polar Seas

The chronicle of the study and conquest of the boundless expanses of the World Ocean is a story of courage, enterprise, and perseverance. At the heart of the grand concept by popular French author Жорж Блон is “Man and the Sea,” linked by many complex, contradictory, and almost mystical threads.

In a sense, all outstanding navigators became captives of the sea at some point—once it had captured their hearts. No matter how arduous the trials of the voyage, they would strive again and again toward the stern element—toward new risks and discoveries. Columbus, Magellan, Heyerdahl—as well as, long before them, the Vikings or the Phoenicians—were seized by the sea, by the dream of new routes and unknown lands. It is about these great conquerors of the ocean that Жорж Блон’s maritime epic tells.