FRANKLIN, JOHN

Journey to the Polar Sea

Vancouver BC: Douglas & McIntyre Ltd, 2000. 1st Thus. Hardcover. ISBN: 155054814X. Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book, dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Includes a new introduction by the modern maritime historian James P. Delgado and the introduction from the 1908 edition by Captain Robert F. Scott. ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 291 pages; The original title of Franklin's journal was 'Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the Years 1819-20-21-22'. This expedition was almost as disastrous as the 1845 expedition that resulted in the deaths of himself and his crew. This is a reproduction of the 1908 edition with added background information coming from archaeological excavation of the site where Franklin and his crew camped while awaiting rescue.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 18441

Catalogue: Exploration::Franklin

Keywords: 155054814X John Franklin Arctic Exploration Robert F. Scott EXPLORATION NORTH

NEATBY, LESLIE H.

The Search for Franklin,

Edmonton, AB: Hurtig Publishers, 1970. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0888300433. Boards show light shelf wear. DJ shows heavier wear, with short tears, light chipping and creasing. Previous owner's name on FFEP. ; A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Laid in are a couple articles, one about Dr. John Rae, a surgeon in the 1800s who searched for Franklin and his crew, the other an 1986 report on a postmortem examination done in 1984 on one of Franklin's crew members from the Terror - Petty Officer John Torrington. ; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 281 pages; "Sir John Franklin famously spent half his life attempting to find a sea route across northern Canada and in 1847 he died trying. Location of his doomed final expedition remained a mystery despite more than a dozen further expeditions to find him. This book covers these fruitless expeditions of 1848-1859.". Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 20456

Catalogue: Exploration::Franklin

Keywords: 0888300433 John Franklin EXPLORATION NORTH

WATSON, PAUL

Ice Ghosts the Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2017. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771096526. DJ has minor creasing, otherwise a near-fine copy. ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Brodart, unclipped.; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 384 pages; "Franklin's lost expedition was a British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin that departed England in 1845 aboard two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. A Royal Navy officer and experienced explorer, Franklin had served on three previous Arctic expeditions, the later two as commanding officer. His fourth and last, undertaken when he was 59, was meant to traverse the last unnavigated section of the Northwest Passage. After a few early fatalities, the two ships became icebound in Victoria Strait, near King William Island in the Canadian Arctic. The entire expedition, comprising 129 men including Franklin, was lost." (Wikipedia) " The journalist Paul Watson was on the icebreaker that led the expedition that discovered the HMS Erebus in 2014, and he broke the news of the discovery of the HMS Terror in 2016. In a masterful work of history and contemporary reporting, he tells the full story of the Franklin Expedition: Sir John Franklin and his crew setting off from England in search of the fabled Northwest Passage; the hazards they encountered and the reasons they were forced to abandon ship after getting stuck in the ice hundreds of miles from the nearest outpost of Western civilization; and the dozens of search expeditions over more than 160 years, which collectively have been called "the most extensive, expensive, perverse, and ill-starred . manhunt in history." All that searching turned up a legendary trail of sailors' relics, a fabled note, a lifeboat with skeletons lying next to loaded rifles, and rumors of cannibalism . but no sign of the ships until, finally, the discoveries in our own time. As Watson reveals, the epic hunt for the lost Franklin Expedition found success only when searchers combined the latest marine science with faith in Inuit lore that had been passed down orally for generations. ". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 18954

Catalogue: Exploration::Franklin

Keywords: 0771096526 John Franklin HMS Erebus HMS Terror Expedition EXPLORATION MARITIME

WATSON, PAUL

Ice Ghosts the Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2017. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771096526. Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Brodart, unclipped.; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 384 pages; "Franklin's lost expedition was a British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin that departed England in 1845 aboard two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. A Royal Navy officer and experienced explorer, Franklin had served on three previous Arctic expeditions, the later two as commanding officer. His fourth and last, undertaken when he was 59, was meant to traverse the last unnavigated section of the Northwest Passage. After a few early fatalities, the two ships became icebound in Victoria Strait, near King William Island in the Canadian Arctic. The entire expedition, comprising 129 men including Franklin, was lost." (Wikipedia) " The journalist Paul Watson was on the icebreaker that led the expedition that discovered the HMS Erebus in 2014, and he broke the news of the discovery of the HMS Terror in 2016. In a masterful work of history and contemporary reporting, he tells the full story of the Franklin Expedition: Sir John Franklin and his crew setting off from England in search of the fabled Northwest Passage; the hazards they encountered and the reasons they were forced to abandon ship after getting stuck in the ice hundreds of miles from the nearest outpost of Western civilization; and the dozens of search expeditions over more than 160 years, which collectively have been called "the most extensive, expensive, perverse, and ill-starred . manhunt in history." All that searching turned up a legendary trail of sailors' relics, a fabled note, a lifeboat with skeletons lying next to loaded rifles, and rumors of cannibalism . but no sign of the ships until, finally, the discoveries in our own time. As Watson reveals, the epic hunt for the lost Franklin Expedition found success only when searchers combined the latest marine science with faith in Inuit lore that had been passed down orally for generations. ". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21325

Catalogue: Exploration::Franklin

Keywords: 0771096526 John Franklin HMS Erebus HMS Terror Expedition History::Canada EXPLORATION MARITIME