Lost beneath the ice : the story of HMS Investigator / text by Andrew Cohen ; images selected by Parks Canada.

Lost beneath the ice : the story of HMS Investigator / text by Andrew Cohen ; images selected by Parks Canada.

By
: 
Cohen, Andrew, 1955-

Publication Date
: 
2013

Publication Information
: 
Toronto : Dundurn Press,

Physical Description
: 
149 p. : col. ill., maps.

Subject Term
: 
Search and rescue operations.

Geographic Term
: 
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration.
 
Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration.

Summary
: 
In 1850, "HMS Investigator" was sent to search for the lost Franklin ships. They failed, becoming trapped in the ice, but completed Franklin's quest for the Northwest Passage. This book recounts the voyage and Parks Canada's discovery of the wreck.

Language
: 
English

ISBN
: 
9781459719491


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