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  Erebus : one ship, two epic voyages, and the greatest naval mystery of all time

  Author

  Palin, Michael  

  Publisher:

  Greystone Books,

  Pub date:

  [2018]

  Description:

  xiv, 334 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :

  ISBN:

  1771644419

  Item info:

  2 copies currently available - Gayton Library and Tuckahoe Library.
  

  Number of holds:

  0

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    Gayton Library
    	Copy	Format	Location
    919.804 PALIN	1	Adult book	Adult nonfiction
    Tuckahoe Library
    	Copy	Format	Location
    919.804 PALIN	1	Adult book	Adult nonfiction

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  Erebus : one ship, two epic voyages, and the greatest naval mystery of all time
  Palin, Michael
  

  Personal Author:

  Palin, Michael

  Title:

  Erebus : one ship, two epic voyages, and the greatest naval mystery of all time / Michael Palin.

  Publication Info:

  Vancouver : Greystone Books, [2018]

  Physical descrip:

  xiv, 334 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm

  Contents:

  Made in Wales -- Magnetic north -- Magnetic south -- Far-off shores -- "Our southern home" -- "Farther south than any (known) human being has been" -- Dancing with the captains -- "Pilgrims of the ocean" -- "Such a wretched place as this you never saw" -- "Three years from Gillingham" -- Homeward bound -- "So little now remains to be done" -- North by north-west -- No signal -- The truth -- Life and death -- The inuit story -- Resurrection.

  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.

  Held by:

  GAYTON TUCKAHOE

  Personal subject:

  Franklin, John, 1786-1847.

  Corporate subject:

  Erebus (Ship).

  Conference subject:

  John Franklin Arctic Expedition (1845-1851).

  Subject term:

  Shipwrecks--Canada, Northern.

  Geographic term:

  Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--British.

  Geographic term:

  Canada, Northern--Discovery and exploration--British.

  Geographic term:

  Northwest Passage--Discovery and exploration--British.