Frozen in time : the fate of the Franklin expedition / Owen Beattie & John Geiger ; introduction by Margaret Atwood ; foreword by Wade Davis.
Frozen in time : the fate of the Franklin expedition / Owen Beattie & John Geiger ; introduction by Margaret Atwood ; foreword by Wade Davis.
By
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Beattie, Owen Beverly.
Publication Date
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2017, 1987
Publication Information
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Vancouver : Greystone Books,
Physical Description
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xvii, 285 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill., maps.
Subject Term
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Discoveries in geography -- British -- History.
Geographic Term
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Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- British.
Northwest Passage.
Arctic Ocean -- Northeast Passage.
Arctic regions.
Additional Contributors
:
Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939-
Davis, Wade.
Geiger, John, 1960-
Bibliography Note
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-277) and index.
Summary
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Frozen In Time tells the dramatic story of how Sir John Franklin's elite naval forces came within sight of the Northwest Passage, only to succumb to unimaginable horrors. A gripping tale of cannibalism, bureaucratic hubris, great courage, and groundbreaking science, it shows how the excavation of three sailors from the 1845 Franklin expedition, buried for 136 years on the Arctic headland of Beechey Island, shed new light on one of the world's great maritime mysteries--and, in this new edition, how the 2014 and 2016 discoveries of the lost ships Erebus and Terror will help solve it.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9781771641739
General Note
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"With new revelations about the amazing discoveries of Franklin's lost ships, Erebus and Terror."
| Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
|---|
| Carbonear (ACR) | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 919.8 B38 | Trace |
| St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | ADULT NFIC - DISPLAY | Adult Non-Fiction Display | 919.8 B38 | Being Held |