Download or read book Best of Verne: an Antarctic Mystery written by Jules Verne and published by SeaWolf Press. This book was released on 2020-08-23 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nice edition with 18 original illustrations. An Antarctic Mystery (French: Le Sphinx des glaces) was written in 1897, in response to 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 the ship Halbrane to the South Pole. During their adventures, they find the source of strong magnetic fields, an Ice Sphinx. This edition contains both parts of the original novel.