Finding Franklin : the untold story of a 165-year search / Russell A. Potter.
Finding Franklin : the untold story of a 165-year search / Russell A. Potter.
Finding Franklin : the untold story of a 165-year search / Russell A. Potter.
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Publisher
Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2016.
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H 2016/3300
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvi, 262 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Content type
still image
cartographic image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The man who ate his boots -- Bones -- Papers -- Provisions -- Maps -- Rae -- Hall -- Schwatka -- The search renewed -- Ranford -- Woodman -- Ice -- Inuit -- Epilogue: Last man searching -- Appendix: Franklin searches, 1854-2015.
Publication information
Publisher
Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2016.
Place of Publication
Québec (Province)
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
"In 2014 media around the world buzzed with news that an archaeological team from Parks Canada had located and identified the wreck of the HMS Erebus, the flagship of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition to find the Northwest Passage. Finding Franklin outlines the larger story and the cast of detectives from every walk of life that led to the discov...
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Finding Franklin : the untold story of a 165-year search / Russell A. Potter.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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H 2016/3300
Record Identifier
74VKVqxmpPm3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVqxmpPm3
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ISBN
9780773547841 (hbk.) :
DDC
919.8
MMS ID
991024011116802626
