From Wilkie Collins, the master of suspenseful plot twists, comes a captivating tale set in the freezing waters of the Arctic Ocean. The night before he is supposed to leave on an expedition to find the Northwest Passage, Frank Aldersley proposes to Clara Burnham. She accepts and rejects another suitor, Richard Wardour, who, in his despair, joins the expedition and vows to get revenge on his romantic rival without knowing that he is on the same boat. Two years later, the men are trapped in the Arctic ice, Aldersley weak and unable to escape on his own. When Wardour discovers Aldersley's true identity, he is forced to make a moral decision; and when the expedition is finally rescued, Clara is unsure which man will be returning to her.
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De Wilkie Collins, el maestro de los giros de trama dram獺ticos, viene un cuento cautivador que toma lugar en las inmensidades heladas del �rtico. La noche antes de que tuviera que emprender una expedici籀n�para encontrar el Paso del Noroeste, Frank Aldersley se�le declara�a Clara Burnham. Ella lo acepta y rechaza a otro pretendiente, Richard Wardour, quien, en su desesperaci籀n, se une con la expedici籀n y jura vengarse de su rival en amores sin saber que 矇ste est獺 en el mismo barco. Dos a簽os m獺s tarde, los hombres est獺n atrapados en el helado del �rtico y Aldersley est獺 d矇bil e incapaz de escapar solo. Cuando Wardour descubre la verdadera identidad de Aldersley, tiene que hacer una decisi籀n moral; y cuando la expedici籀n finalmente es rescatada, Clara no sabe cual hombre volver獺.
