Erebus : one ship, two epic voyages, and the greatest naval mystery of all time /
Palin, Michael,
Erebus : one ship, two epic voyages, and the greatest naval mystery of all time / Michael Palin. - xiv, 334 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Made in Wales -- Magnetic north -- Magnetic south -- Far-off shores -- "Our southern home" -- "Farther south than any (known) human being has been" -- Dancing with the captains -- "Pilgrims of the ocean" -- "Such a wretched place as this you never saw" -- "Three years from Gillingham" -- Homeward bound -- "So little now remains to be done" -- North by north-west -- No signal -- The truth -- Life and death -- The inuit story -- Resurrection.
"Michael Palin brings the fascinating story of the Erebus and its occupants to life, from its construction as a bomb vessel in 1826 through the flagship years of James Clark Ross's Antarctic expedition and finally to Sir John Franklin's quest for the holy grail of navigation--a route through the Northwest Passage, where the ship disappeared into the depths of the sea for more than 150 years. It was rediscovered under the arctic waters in 2014"--
9781771644419 1771644419
Franklin, John, 1786-1847.
Erebus (Ship)
John Franklin Arctic Expedition (1845-1851)
Shipwrecks--Canada, Northern.
Northwest Passage--Discovery and exploration--British.
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--British.
Canada, Northern--Discovery and exploration--British.
Erebus : one ship, two epic voyages, and the greatest naval mystery of all time / Michael Palin. - xiv, 334 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Made in Wales -- Magnetic north -- Magnetic south -- Far-off shores -- "Our southern home" -- "Farther south than any (known) human being has been" -- Dancing with the captains -- "Pilgrims of the ocean" -- "Such a wretched place as this you never saw" -- "Three years from Gillingham" -- Homeward bound -- "So little now remains to be done" -- North by north-west -- No signal -- The truth -- Life and death -- The inuit story -- Resurrection.
"Michael Palin brings the fascinating story of the Erebus and its occupants to life, from its construction as a bomb vessel in 1826 through the flagship years of James Clark Ross's Antarctic expedition and finally to Sir John Franklin's quest for the holy grail of navigation--a route through the Northwest Passage, where the ship disappeared into the depths of the sea for more than 150 years. It was rediscovered under the arctic waters in 2014"--
9781771644419 1771644419
Franklin, John, 1786-1847.
Erebus (Ship)
John Franklin Arctic Expedition (1845-1851)
Shipwrecks--Canada, Northern.
Northwest Passage--Discovery and exploration--British.
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--British.
Canada, Northern--Discovery and exploration--British.