Erebus One ship, two epic voyages, and the greatest naval mystery of all time
Book - 2018
"Michael Palin brings the fascinating story of the Erebus and its occupants to life, from its construction as a bomb vessel in 1826 through the flagship years of James Clark Ross's Antarctic expedition and finally to Sir John Franklin's quest for the holy grail of navigation--a route through the Northwest Passage, where the ship disappeared into the depths of the sea for more than 150 years. It was rediscovered under the arctic waters in 2014"--
- Subjects
- Published
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Vancouver :
Greystone Books
[2018]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- xiv, 334 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781771644419
- Introduction: Hooker's Stockings
- Prologue: The Survivor
- 1. Made in Wales
- 2. Magnetic North
- 3. Magnetic South
- 4. Far-off Shores
- 5. 'Our Southern Home'
- 6. 'Farther south than any (Known) human being has been'
- 7. Dancing with the Captains
- 8. 'Pilgrims of the Ocean'
- 9. 'Such a wretched place as this you never saw'
- 10. 'Three years from Gillingham'
- 11. Homeward Bound
- 12. 'So little now remains to be done'
- 13. North by North-west
- 14. No Signal
- 15. The Truth
- 16. Life and Death
- 17. The Inuit Story
- 18. Resurrection
- Epilogue: Back in the Northwest Passage
- Appendix: Timeline
- Acknowledgements
- Picture Acknowledgements
- Index