Edgar Allan Poe 
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket 

‘The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket’, a story by Edgar Allan Poe, recounts the adventure of Pym, who embarks clandestinely on a whaler. After a mutiny and various adversities, including cannibalism and natural disasters, the story culminates in a mysterious and inconclusive encounter at the South Pole.