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Author : Sir Allen W. Young,Sir John Franklin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : BL:A0026140795
Author : Gillian Hutchinson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472948717
In 1845, British explorer Sir John Franklin set out on a voyage to find the North-West Passage – the sea route linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. The expedition was expected to complete its mission within three years and return home in triumph but the two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and the 129 men aboard them disappeared in the Arctic. The last Europeans to see them alive were the crews of two whaling ships in Baffin Bay in July 1845, just before they entered the labyrinth of the Arctic Archipelago. The loss of this British hero and his crew, and the many rescue expeditions and searches that followed, captured the public imagination, but the mystery surrounding the expedition's fate only deepened as more clues were found. How did Franklin's final expedition end in tragedy? What happened to the crew? The thrilling discoveries in the Arctic of the wrecks of Erebus in 2014 and Terror in 2016 have brought the events of 170 years ago into sharp focus and excited new interest in the Franklin expedition. This richly illustrated book is an essential guide to this story of heroism, endurance, tragedy and dark desperation.
Author : Russell A. Potter
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : 9780773547841
The full story of those who have searched for Franklin since his expedition disappeared.
Author : Sherard Osborn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : NYPL:33433003350109
Author : David C. Woodman
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1992-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0773509364
David Woodman's reconstruction of the mysterious events surrounding the disappearance of two British exploration vessels in 1845, under the command of Sir John Franklin, challenges standard interpretations and promises to replace them. Among the many who have tried to discover the truth behind the Franklin disaster, Woodman recognizes the profound importance of the Inuit testimony and analyzes it in depth. He concludes from his investigations that the Inuit probably did visit Franklin's ships while the crew was still on board and that there were some Inuit who actually saw the sinking of one of the ships. He maintains that fewer than ten bodies were found at Starvation Cove and that the last survivors left the cove in 1851, three years after the standard account assumes them to be dead. Woodman also disputes the conclusion of Owen Beattie and John Geiger's book Frozen in Time that lead-poisoning was a major contributing cause of the disaster.
Author : Charles Richard WELD
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026329473
Author : Allen William Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:560829047
Author : Charles Richard WELD
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1064425256
Author : Charles Richard Weld
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : OXFORD:N10584375
Author : Elisha Kent Kane
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1815
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : UOM:39015062196400
Author : Sir John Richardson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : MINN:31951002409988K
Author : Paul Watson
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780771096532
The spellbinding story of the greatest cold case in Arctic history—and how the rare mix of marine science and Inuit knowledge finally led to the recent discovery of the shipwrecks. Spanning nearly 200 years, Ice Ghosts is a fast-paced detective story about Western science, indigenous beliefs, and the irrepressible spirit of exploration and discovery. It weaves together an epic account of the legendary Franklin Expedition of 1845—whose two ships, the HMS Erebus and the HMS Terror, and their crew of 129 were lost to the Arctic ice—with the modern tale of the scientists, researchers, divers, and local Inuit behind the recent discoveries of the two ships, which made news around the world. The journalist Paul Watson was on the icebreaker that led the expedition that discovered the HMS Erebus in 2014, and he broke the news of the discovery of the HMS Terror in 2016. In a masterful work of history and contemporary reporting, he tells the full story of the Franklin Expedition: Sir John Franklin and his crew setting off from England in search of the fabled Northwest Passage; the hazards they encountered and the reasons they were forced to abandon ship after getting stuck in the ice hundreds of miles from the nearest outpost of Western civilization; and the dozens of search expeditions over more than 160 years, which collectively have been called "the most extensive, expensive, perverse, and ill-starred . . . manhunt in history." All that searching turned up a legendary trail of sailors' relics, a fabled note, a lifeboat with skeletons lying next to loaded rifles, and rumors of cannibalism . . . but no sign of the ships until, finally, the discoveries in our own time. As Watson reveals, the epic hunt for the lost Franklin Expedition found success only when searchers combined the latest marine science with faith in Inuit lore that had been passed down orally for generations. Ice Ghosts is narrative nonfiction of the highest order, full of drama and rich in characters: Lady Jane Franklin, who almost single-handedly kept the search alive for decades; an Inuit historian who worked for decades gathering elders' accounts; an American software billionaire who launched his own hunt; and underwater archaeologists honing their skills to help find the ships. Watson also shows how the hunt for the Franklin Expedition was connected to such technological advances as scuba gear and sonar technology, and how it ignited debates over how to preserve the relics discovered with the ships. A modern adventure story that arcs back through history, Ice Ghosts tells the complete and incredible story of the Franklin Expedition—the greatest of Arctic mysteries—for the ages.
Author : John Brown
Publisher : London : E. Stanford
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : PRNC:32101068189123
Author : John Brown
Publisher : London : E. Stanford
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1858
Category : Arctic regions Discovery and exploration British
ISBN : NYPL:33433003349770
An account of attempts to discover the North-west Passage.
Author : Elisha Kent Kane
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Grinnell Expedition
ISBN : NYPL:33433003350273