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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 (pages 349-367) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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illustrationsmapsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Ice ghosts

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

951070759

Responsibility statement

Paul Watson

Sub title

the epic hunt for the lost Franklin expedition

Summary

"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

Table Of Contents

Part I. The Expedition -- Franklin's Last Mission -- HMS Erebus and Terror -- Frozen In -- Part II. The Hunt -- The Hunt Begins -- Lady Franklin's Mission -- The Arctic Committee -- Ghost Ships -- Starvation Cove -- Part III. The Discovery -- An Inuk Detective -- He Who Takes Long Strides -- Operation Franklin -- The Hunt Goes Underwater -- Skull Island -- Fast Ice -- "That's It!" -- Terror Bay -- An Offering to the Dead

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