Discusses the tragic fate of Sir John Franklin's failed expedition to find the Northwest Passage in 1845.
"In 1845, Sir John Franklin and 129 men set off for the Arctic -- but never made it. For the next 35 years rescue parties searched fruitlessly for the vanished expedition. In this updated version of a bestseller that sold over 118,000 copies, a top forensic anthropologist and a …
These essays trace the history of the British search for the Northwest Passage ? the Arctic sea route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans ? from the early modern era to the start of the nineteenth century.
These essays trace the history of the British search for the Northwest Passage? the Arctic sea route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans? from the early modern era to the start of the nineteenth century.
The explorations of Australia's coastline by Captain Cook and how it eventually contributed to the decision to send convicts here.
"Bound for Antarctica, where polar explorer Ernest Shackleton planned to cross on foot the last uncharted continent, the Endurance set sail from England in August 1914. In January 1915, after battling its way for six weeks through a thousand miles of pack ice and now only a day'…
