Frozen in Time : The Fate of the Franklin Expedition (Edition 3) (Paperback)

from gypsysmom

Over the years I've read a number of accounts about the ill-fated Franklin Expedition of 1845 and 1846. Some concentrate on the expedition itself, some on one or more of the subsequent searches for Franklin, some even on Franklin's wife, Lady Jane. This is the first I have read that details a mod...

from noblechicken

One of the archeological expeditions to the Arctic to find evidence of Sir John Franklin's tragic expedition to find the Northwest Passage. The haunting photographs of the remains of some of the early buried on the voyage, as well as stunning glimpses of the region are worth the read alone. How d...

from RebeccaAnn

After reading The Terror, I found myself quite interested in the Franklin expedition and, having long found myself wanting to try out the nonfiction genre, I decided this was a perfect opportunity. The book is very readable, presenting facts in an interesting way. There were plenty instances of h...

from amerynth

"Frozen in Time" is a fascinating look at the fate of the Franklin expedition. In the 1980's a series of scientific expeditions headed off to the Arctic to exhume the remains of three bodies buried before the expedition got into real trouble and disappeared. In a detailed analysis, Owen Beattie f...

from Familyhistorian

I can remember being interested in the story of the Franklin Expedition from the time that I was in grade school. How could a whole expedition just vanish? In Frozen in Time, Geiger and Beattie recount the history of the Franklin Expedition, the realization that it was lost and the many expeditio...