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Have the heroes of "From the Earth to the Moon" gone mad? In an insane bid to mine the coal they believe lay beneath the Arctic ice, they plan to tip the Earth's axis. This would melt the polar ice cap...but it would also mean world-wide devastation and loss of life in the millions. Can they be stopped before the catastrophe occurs? This edition is based on the anonymous 1890 translation published by Ogilvie. It has been extensively edited, corrected and expanded by the addition of material deleted from the earlier version. Contains the original illustrations as well as an afterword.