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Ice ghosts, the epic hunt for the lost Franklin expedition, Paul Watson

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Ice ghosts, the epic hunt for the lost Franklin expedition, Paul Watson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Ice ghosts

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Paul Watson

Sub title

the epic hunt for the lost Franklin expedition

Summary

"The true story of the greatest mystery of Arctic exploration and the rare mix of marine science and Inuit knowledge that led to the shipwreck's recent discovery. Ice Ghosts weaves together the epic story of the Franklin Expedition--whose two ships and crew of 129 were lost to the Arctic ice--with the modern tale of the scientists, divers, and local Inuit behind the incredible discovery of the flagship's wreck in 2014. Paul Watson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist 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 Western civilization, and the decades of searching that turned up only rumours of cannibalism and a few scattered papers and bones until a combination of faith in Inuit lore and the latest science yielded a discovery for the ages."--, Provided by publisher

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