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Ice Blink - The Tragic Fate of Sir John Franklin's Lost Polar Expedition (Hardcover)
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Ice Blink - The Tragic Fate of Sir John Franklin's Lost Polar Expedition (Hardcover)
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Absorbing.artfully narrat es] a possible course of events in the
expedition's demise, based on the one official note and bits of
debris (including evidence of cannibalism) found by searchers sent
to look for Franklin in the 1850s. Adventure readers will flock to
this fine regaling of the enduring mystery surrounding the
best-known disaster in Arctic exploration.--Booklist
""A great Victorian adventure story rediscovered and re-presented
for a more enquiring time.""--The Scotsman
""A vivid, sometimes harrowing chronicle of miscalculation and
overweening Victorian pride in untried technology.a work of great
compassion.""--The Australian
It has been called the greatest disaster in the history of polar
exploration. Led by Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, two
state-of-the-art ships and 128 hand-picked men----the best and the
brightest of the British empire----sailed from Greenland on July
12, 1845 in search of the elusive Northwest Passage. Fourteen days
later, they were spotted for the last time by two whalers in Baffin
Bay. What happened to these ships----and to the 129 men on
board----has remained one of the most enduring mysteries in the
annals of exploration. Drawing upon original research, Scott
Cookman provides an unforgettable account of the ill-fated Franklin
expedition, vividly reconstructing the lives of those touched by
the voyage and its disaster. But, more importantly, he suggests a
human culprit and presents a terrifying new explanation for what
triggered the deaths of Franklin and all 128 of his men. This is a
remarkable and shocking historical account of true-life suspense
and intrigue.
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