Ice ghosts
Subtitle: the epic hunt for the lost Franklin expedition
By: Paul Watson
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780393249385
Subjects: John Franklin Arctic Expedition (1845-1851); British; Inuit; Terror (Ship); Erebus (Ship); Discovery and exploration
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-367) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. The Expedition. Franklin's Last Mission; title: HMS Erebus and Terror; title: Frozen In; title: Part II. The Hunt. The Hunt Begins; title: Lady Franklin's Mission; title: The Arctic Committee; title: Ghost Ships; title: Starvation Cove; title: Part III. The Discovery. An Inuk Detective; title: He Who Takes Long Strides; title: Operation Franklin; title: The Hunt Goes Underwater; title: Skull Island; title: Fast Ice; title: "That's It!"; title: Terror Bay; title: An Offering to the Dead.