Resolute: the Epic Search for the Northwest Passage and John Franklin, and the Discovery of the Queen's Ghost Ship.(Book review)

From: Arctic | Date: June 1, 2007| Author: Barr, William | Copyright information

RESOLUTE: THE EPIC SEARCH FOR THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE AND JOHN FRANKLIN, AND THE DISCOVERY OF THE QUEEN'S GHOST SHIP. By MARTIN W. SANDLER. New York: Sterling Publishing Co. Inc., 2006. ISBN-13: 978-1-4027-4085-5. xix + 299 p., maps, b & w and colour illus., bib., index. Hardbound. US$24.95; Can$29.95.

Martin Sandler has attempted a general history of the search for the Northwest Passage and for the missing Franklin expedition in what is now the Canadian Arctic over the pe...

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