The Purchase of the North Pole

Jules Verne's The Purchase of the North Pole (1889), also published as Topsy Turvy, is a sequel to From the Earth to the Moon. The story explores a bid to purchase the North Pole so that they can have access to the large deposits of coal under it. The resulting devastation and loss of life is the subject of the story, in which Verne airs his thoughts on global warming and energy conservation.