Ice ghosts : the epic hunt for the lost Franklin expedition / Paul Watson.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]Edition: First editionDescription: xxxii, 384 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780393249385
- 0393249387
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 919.804 W341 | Available | 33111008737443 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Ice Ghosts weaves together the epic story of the Lost Franklin Expedition of 1845--whose two ships and crew of 129 were lost to the Arctic ice--with the tale of the incredible discovery of the flagship's wreck in 2014. Paul Watson, who was on the icebreaker that led the discovery expedition, tells a fast-paced historical adventure story: Sir John Franklin and the crew of the HMS Erebus and Terror setting off in search of the fabled Northwest Passage, the hazards they encountered and the reasons they were forced to abandon ship hundreds of miles from the nearest outpost of civilization, and the decades of searching that exposed rumours of cannibalism and a few scattered papers and bones--until a combination of Inuit lore and the latest science yielded a discovery for the ages.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-367) and index.
Part I. The expedition -- Franklin's last mission -- HMS Erebus and Terror -- Frozen in -- Part II. The hunt -- The hunt begins -- Lady Franklin's mission -- The Arctic committee -- Ghost ships -- Starvation Cove -- Part III. The discovery -- An Inuk detective -- He who takes long strides -- Operation Franklin -- The hunt goes underwater -- Skull Island -- Fast ice -- "That's it!" -- Terror Bay -- An offering to the dead.
"A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author of Where War Lives and expedition member describes how an unlikely combination of marine science and Inuit knowledge helped solve the mystery of the lost Franklin expedition of 1845,"--NoveList.