Tracking the Franklin Expedition of 1845: The Facts and Mysteries of the Failed Northwest Passage Voyage

by Stephen Zorn

The Franklin Northwest Passage Expedition of 1845 is perhaps the greatest disaster in the history of exploration--all 129 men vanished, as did the expedition's two ships, HMS Erebus and Terror. Over the next 150 years, searchers found bones, clothing and a variety of relics. Inuit narratives provided some of the details of what happened to the frozen, starving sailors after they deserted their ice-locked ships in 1848. Then, in 2014...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147669219X
• ISBN13: 9781476692197
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 209 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up