Frozen in time : unlocking the secrets of the Franklin expedition. [An arctic mystery - Into the frozen seas -- Isthmus of the graves -- Death's Island -- Scattered bones -- Phantoms remain -- A doorway opens -- The Icemen -- Across the precipice -- The face of death -- The evidence mounts -- Icemen revisited -- The Royal Marine -- Understanding a disaster -- List of the officers and crews of HMS Erebus and Terror -- Major expeditions involved in the search for HMS Erebus and Terror]
by Beattie, Owen. ; Geiger, John, 1960-
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- ISBN 13
- 9780525246855
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New York : Dutton, 1988, 1988. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st American edition, 1st printing ; xi, 180 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0525246851; 9780525246855; National Library: 900116900 LCCN: 88-70265 ; LC: G670 1981.F73; Dewey: 919.804; NLC: FC3961 .3; FC3961.3 ; OCLC: 18649136 ; blue cloth ; color photographic dustjacket ; Contents : An arctic mystery - Into the frozen seas -- Isthmus of the graves -- Death's Island -- Scattered bones -- Phantoms remain -- A doorway opens -- The Icemen -- Across the precipice -- The face of death -- The evidence mounts -- Icemen revisited -- The Royal Marine -- Understanding a disaster -- List of the officers and crews of HMS Erebus and Terror -- Major expeditions involved in the search for HMS Erebus and Terror ; remainder mark down the middle of fore-edge ; Unravelled are the circumstances by which the surviving members of Franklin's elite naval forces came within sight of the Northwest Passage, which was their journey's goal, only to succumb to the horrors of starvation, scurvy, and cannibalism. ; VG/VG.
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- Frozen in time : unlocking the secrets of the Franklin expedition. [An arctic mystery - Into the frozen seas -- Isthmus of the graves -- Death's Island -- Scattered bones -- Phantoms remain -- A doorway opens -- The Icemen -- Across the precipice -- The face of death -- The evidence mounts -- Icemen revisited -- The Royal Marine -- Understanding a disaster -- List of the officers and crews of HMS Erebus and Terror -- Major expeditions involved in the search for HMS Erebus and Terror]
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- Beattie, Owen. ; Geiger, John, 1960-
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- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0525246851
- ISBN 13
- 9780525246855
- Publisher
- New York : Dutton, 1988
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
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- An arctic mystery - Into the frozen seas -- Isthmus of the graves -- Death's Island -- Scattered bones -- Phantoms remain -- A doorway opens -- The Icemen -- Across the precipice -- The face of death -- The evidence mounts -- Icemen revisited -- The R
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