Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition

Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition
Owen Beattie (Author), John Geiger (Author), Margaret Atwood (Introduction)
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This new edition of Frozen in Time expands on the history of early British Arctic exploration and places the tragically fated Franklin expedition in the context of other expeditions of the era, including those commanded by George Back and James Clark Ross, which also suffered unaccountable and devastating losses. The authors' research reveals an unexpected — and ironic — cause for the mystery illness that befell the explorers. Never-before-seen photographs from the exhumations, updated research results, additional forensic corroboration, and a new introduction by Margaret Atwood complete this fascinating account.

• Rank: #117859 in Books
• Published on: 2004-09-23
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.46" h x .75" w x 5.51" l, .83 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Description #1 by Biblio.com:

Sterling March 2000. Trade Paperback Trade Paperback. Used - Good. Light edgewear to coverpages unmarked. Domestic orders shipped with UPS tracking numbers.

Description #2 by OnlineBookPlace.com:

"Simply Compelling" Mordecai Richler Available for the first time as an e-book, Frozen in Time tells the dramatic story of how Sir John Franklin's elite naval forces came within sight of the Northwest Pasage, only to succumb to unimaginable horrors. A gripping tale of cannibalism, bureaucratic hubris, great courage and ground-breaking science, it shows how the excavation of three sailors from the 1845-48 Franklin expedition, buried for 138 years on the lonely Arctic headland of Beechey Island, has shed new light on what has been on of the world's great maritime mysteries. With researchers and maritime archaeologists hard at work in the coming months to discover the whereabouts of Franklin's two vessels, the hms Erebus and hms Terror, Frozen in Time is a necessary primer of the research that has gone before.

Description #3 by Overstock.com:

A new edition of the timeless story of adventure and exploration traces the ill-fated British Arctic expedition and compares it to other missions of exploration from the same period, presenting research from the author on the strange illness that befell Franklin's men. Original.