Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition

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In May 1845 the Erebus and the Terror set sail from the Thames to find a northern route to the Northwest Passage with a complement of 129 men and officers, enough tinned food for three to five years, thousands of books, a dog, and a monkey. Many sailors and scholars sought their fate ever since. Here Beattie (anthropology, U. of Alberta) and Geiger (history, U. of Alberta) describe the voyage of what has become known as the Franklin Expedition, the efforts to find it, and the probable cause of its failure as ...
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Illistrated. Ex-Library In 1845, Sir John Franklin and 129 men set off for the Arctic--but never made it. For the next 35 years rescue parties searched fruitlessly for the ... vanished expedition. In this updated version of a bestseller that sold over 118,000 copies, a top forensic anthropologist and a historian tell the dramatic tale of excavating three sailors from the Franklin party. Photos in color and black-and-white. "Simply compelling."--"Mordecai Richler." "A cautionary tale of scholarly merit."--"William S. Burroughs." "Chilling...will keep you up nights turning pages."- Read more Show Less

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In May 1845 the Erebus and the Terror set sail from the Thames to find a northern route to the Northwest Passage with a complement of 129 men and officers, enough tinned food for three to five years, thousands of books, a dog, and a monkey. Many sailors and scholars sought their fate ever since. Here Beattie (anthropology, U. of Alberta) and Geiger (history, U. of Alberta) describe the voyage of what has become known as the Franklin Expedition, the efforts to find it, and the probable cause of its failure as found in scattered bones and bodies of a few of the crew found entombed in the permafrost. It seems they did not fail for want of courage or skill, but because that three to five years' supply of food contained deadly amounts of lead solder. This updated edition includes photographs of the exhumations and an introduction by Margaret Atwood. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Editorial Reviews

Peter Gorner
Chilling…will keep you up nights turning pages.
—The Chicago Tribune
Toni Holt
A superb account.
—Manchester Evening News
Alan Taylor
Frozen in time is the most remarkable book I have read all year.
—The List)
M. R. Carroll
We all gaze in wonderment at the photographs of these men. They make the past real, too real. They are history made flesh.
—The Globe and Mail
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781550546163
  • Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 6/30/2000
  • Pages: 192
  • Product dimensions: 4.91 (w) x 7.66 (h) x 0.62 (d)

Table of Contents

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
Acknowledgements 256
Appendix 1 List of the officers and crews of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror 259
Appendix 2 Major expeditions involved in the search for HMS Erebus and HMS Terror 262
Bibliography 264
Index 271
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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 7, 2002

    Amazing!!!

    I had to read it for a university paper and couldn't put it down! it was so good...and the information was so concise. it was awsome.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 9, 2000

    A wonderful journey through the unfortunate Franklin's fate

    I had not heard about John Franklin's journey in search for the Northwest passage until I found out this impressive Dr. Beattie's work. It has been difficult to get away of this book everyday when I realized that there were pages left to go through, new discoveries, new conclusions... What this book has done to me is to get involved into this authentic but amazing tale of pain, strenght, hope and dead...

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