Dead Silence: The Greatest Mystery in Arctic Discovery

by John Geiger and Owen Beattie

Book Overview

Book by John Geiger, Owen Beattie This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670843180
• ISBN13: 9780670843183
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Viking Books
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Greatest arctic mystery not involving Franklin

Even the reader with a casual interest in Arctic lore and history has heard of the lost expedition of Sir John Franklin, fewer have heard the mystery of James Knight. Nearly three centuries ago, Knight set out to find riches in the frozen north at Marble Island. He made it there with his crew as artifacts attest, but no one really knows what happened to him there. Were Knight and his men murdered by the local people or left to die hardheartlessly by Samuel Hearne, his enemy? The book provides the account of explorers/scientists John Geiger and Owen Beattie's attempt to solve this long standing mystery. A facinating account for those interested in Arctic exploration and the explorers who dared lead the way north.