The Horn Book Guide

INTERMEDIATE FICTION

Martin, Jacqueline Briggs

The Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called Fish

48 pp. | Houghton | February, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-618-00341-X $$15.00

(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Beth Krommes. In 1913, a boat became locked in the Arctic ice. Aboard were several Canadian scientists, two Inupiaq hunters, one hunter's wife and daughters, a crew of a dozen, forty sled dogs, and a cat. Martin walks a careful line between fact and fiction, telling the story from the point of view of the hunter's eight-year-old daughter. Art, narration, and information are all perfectly integrated in a story that makes a fine introduction to Arctic exploration.

Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2001