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Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition
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Overview
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781771641746 |
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Publisher: | Greystone Books |
Publication date: | 06/20/2017 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | NOOK Book |
Sales rank: | 563,716 |
File size: | 39 MB |
Note: | This product may take a few minutes to download. |
About the Author
John Grigsby Geiger was born in Ithaca, New York, and graduated in history from the University of Alberta. His work has been translated into eight languages. He is currently the CEO of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.
Wade Davis is an anthropologist, author, and explorer. He is the author of numerous books, including Into the Silence, Sacred Headwaters and The Wayfinders. He has been described as “a rare combination of scientist, scholar, poet, and passionate defender of all of life’s diversity.”
Table of Contents
Foreword xi
Introduction 1
Part 1 The Skeletons
1 King William Island, 29 June 1981 11
2 A Subject of Wonder 18
3 Into the Frozen Seas 36
4 Puny Efforts 47
5 Isthmus of the Graves 58
6 Region of Terror 67
7 Terror Camp Clear 73
8 Scattered Bones 105
9 The Boat Place 118
10 A Doorway Opens 140
Part 2 The Icemen
11 Across the Precipice 151
12 The Face of Death 178
13 The Evidence Mounts 191
14 Hartnell Redux 201
15 The Royal Marine 222
16 Understanding a Disaster 235
Epilogue 244
Afterword 256
Acknowledgements 263
Appendix 1 List of the officers and crews of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror 266
Appendix 2 Major expeditions involved in the search for HMS Erebus and HMS Terror 269
Bibliography 271
Index 278