Finding Franklin: The Untold Story of a 165-Year Search
In 2014 media around the world buzzed with news that an archaeological team from Parks Canada had located and identified the wreck of HMS Erebus, the flagship of Sir John Franklin’s lost expedition to…
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Erebus: The Story of a Ship
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The men on board HMS Terror have every expectation of triumph. As part of the 1845 Franklin Expedition, the first steam-powered vessels ever to search for the legendary Northwest Passage, they are as …
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Icebound In The Arctic: The Mystery of Captain Francis Crozier and the Franklin Expedition
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Sir John Franklin’s Erebus and Terror Expedition: Lost and Found
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James Fitzjames: the Mystery Man of the Franklin Expedition
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Conclave
The Pope is dead.
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Rather Be the Devil (Inspector Rebus, #21)
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