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The Purchase of the North Pole: A sequel to "From the earth to the moon"

by Jules Verne

Level C1 · AdvancedScience FictionFantasyAdventure20 chapters
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About this book

In a bold venture, an American society seeks to acquire the mysterious, uncharted lands beyond the Arctic’s eighty-fourth parallel, challenging assumptions about exploration and ownership in a frozen, unknown frontier ripe for discovery and conquest.

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20 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02CHAPTER II. TO SYNDICATE OR NOT TO SYNDICATE.
03CHAPTER III. THE NORTH POLE IS KNOCKED DOWN TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER.
04CHAPTER IV. OLD ACQUAINTANCES.
05CHAPTER V. THE POLAR COAL-FIELD.
06CHAPTER VI. A TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION.
07CHAPTER VII. BARBICANE MAKES A SPEECH.
08CHAPTER VIII. LIKE JUPITER.
09CHAPTER IX. SULPHURIC ALCIDE.
10CHAPTER X. A CHANGE IN PUBLIC OPINION.
11CHAPTER XI. THE CONTENTS OF THE NOTE-BOOK.
12CHAPTER XII. HEROIC SILENCE.

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