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John Geiger

Franklin's Lost Ship

The Historic Discovery of HMS Erebus

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A lavishly illustrated account of the discovery of HMS ErebusThe greatest mystery in all of exploration is the fate of the 1845-1848 British Arctic Expedition commanded by Sir John Franklin. All 129 crewmen died, and two ships seemingly vanished without a trace. The mysterious fate of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror has captured the public’s imagination for seventeen decades.In 2014 and 2016, Franklin’s lost ships were found at last. HMS Erebus was discovered by the Victoria Strait Expedition, led by Parks Canada, using world-leading underwater exploration technology and drawing on traditional Inuit knowledge.In this beautifully illustrated account… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Mitchell, Alanna
  • ISBN: 978-1-4434-4418-7
  • EAN: 9781443444187
  • Produktnummer: 22290313
  • Verlag: Harper Collins (US)
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
  • Seitenangabe: 224 S.
  • Ausstattung: Trade Paperback
  • Masse: H23.3 cm x B20.3 cm x D1.7 cm 686 g
  • Gewicht: 686

Über den Autor


JOHN GEIGER is a co-author of the international bestseller Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition and the author of six other works of non-fiction, including The Angel Effect and The Third Man Factor: Surviving the Impossible. His work has been translated into fourteen languages. Geiger is chief executive officer of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society and Canadian Geographic Enterprises, and a fellow of The Royal Geographical Society. He is also a senior fellow at Massey College in the University of Toronto.ALANNA MITCHELL is an internationally award-winning science journalist and author whose latest bestseller is Sea Sick: The Global Ocean in Crisis. She has recently transformed the book into a one-woman play and is performing it across Canada. In 2014, the play was nominated for a Dora Award. She is a contributor to CBC Radio’s Quirks & Quarks and freelances for Canadian Geographic magazine and The New York Times. She has travelled to each continent and most parts of the ocean doing research and giving talks on marine science.THE HONOURABLE LEONA AGLUKKAQ is the member of Parliament for Nunavut. In 2008, following an extensive career in government, she became the first Inuk to be sworn into the Federal Cabinet, as the Minister of Health. She now serves as Minister of the Environment, Minister responsible for Parks Canada, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency, and Minister of the Arctic Council for Canada. Ms. Aglukkaq was raised in Thom Bay, Taloyoak and Gjoa Haven.

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