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• Title:Erebus : one ship, two epic voyages, and the greatest naval mystery of all time / Michael Palin.
  
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• Author/Creator:Palin, Michael, author.
  
• Published/Created:Vancouver : Greystone Books, [2018]
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: G660 .P35 2018
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Franklin, John, 1786-1847.
  Erebus (Ship)
  John Franklin Arctic Expedition (1845-1851)
  Shipwrecks--Canada, Northern.
  Northwest Passage--Discovery and exploration--British.
  Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--British.
  Canada, Northern--Discovery and exploration--British.
  
• Description:xiv, 334 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
  
• Summary:"Michael Palin brings the fascinating story of the Erebus and its occupants to life, from its construction as a bomb vessel in 1826 through the flagship years of James Clark Ross's Antarctic expedition and finally to Sir John Franklin's quest for the holy grail of navigation--a route through the Northwest Passage, where the ship disappeared into the depths of the sea for more than 150 years. It was rediscovered under the arctic waters in 2014"-- Publisher's description.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781771644419 (hardcover)
  1771644419 (hardcover)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Made in Wales
  2. Magnetic North
  3. Magnetic South
  4. Far-off Shores
  5. `Our Southern Home'
  6. `Farther south than any (Known) human being has been'
  7. Dancing with the Captains
  8. `Pilgrims of the Ocean'
  9. `Such a wretched place as this you never saw'
  10. `Three years from Gillingham'
  11. Homeward Bound
  12. `So little now remains to be done'
  13. North by North-west
  14. No Signal
  15. Truth
  16. Life and Death
  17. Inuit Story
  18. Resurrection.