Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition

Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 468
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ISBN-10 : 9780393249392
ISBN-13 : 0393249395
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Book Synopsis Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition by : Paul Watson

Download or read book Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition written by Paul Watson and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Intriguing [and] enjoyable." —Ian McGuire, New York Times Book Review Ice Ghosts weaves together the epic story of the lost Franklin Expedition of 1845—whose two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and their crew of 129 were lost to the Arctic ice—with the modern tale of the scientists, divers, and local Inuit behind the recent incredible discoveries of the wrecks. Paul Watson, a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was on the icebreaker that led one of the discovery expeditions, tells a fast-paced historical adventure story and reveals how a combination of faith in Inuit knowledge and the latest science yielded a discovery for the ages.


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