Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition

by Paul Watson

Book Overview

Spanning nearly 200 years, Ice Ghosts is a fast-paced detective story about Western science, indigenous beliefs, and the irrepressible spirit of exploration and discovery. It weaves together an epic account of the legendary Franklin Expedition of 1845--whose two ships, the HMS Erebus and the HMS Terror, and their crew of 129 were lost to the Arctic ice--with the modern tale of the scientists, researchers, divers, and local Inuit behind the recent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393249387
• ISBN13: 9780393249385
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.3"