Erebus : the story of a ship / by Michael Palin.
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TextPublisher: London : Hutchinson, 2018Description: xiv, 334 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781847948137
- 23 919.804 P176e
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-[320]) and index.
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.
"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.