Thirty-three expeditions looking for the Northwest Passage, forty-four expeditions looking for Sir John Franklin, a ghost ship that sails 1,200 miles on its own, all played out against the harshest, most challenging environment in the world. If an author can't do something with that, he ought to drive a truck.
Throughout the world, one thing is certain: wherever human beings go, rats go, too. So journalist Robert Sullivan staked out an alley in New York City to study our unwelcome companions.
Thirty-three expeditions looking for the Northwest Passage, forty-four expeditions looking for Sir John Franklin, a ghost ship that sails 1,200 miles on its own, all played out against the harshest, most challenging environment in the world. If an author can't do something with that, he ought to drive a truck. 
