9781582181738

Arctic Explorations

Format: Paperback

ISBN13: 9781582181738

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Overview

Arctic Explorations: In Search of John Franklin is the first-hand account of the search for British naval officer Sir John Franklin, whose sailing expedition to find the Northwest Passage has gone missing. Volume I begins in 1853 when Dr. Elisha Kent Kane and his crew of eighteen men leave New York aboard the Advance. They hope to rescue Franklin's expedition. By August of the first year the Advance is hopelessly trapped by ice, and the mission becomes a struggle for the rescuers own survival. Kane and his men face starvation, disease, hostile wildlife, and temperatures reaching fifty degrees below zero. Their chances look bleak. Kane and the crew barely survive to the end of 1854.

ISBN-13

9781582181738

ISBN-10

158218173X

Weight

1.60 Pounds

Dimensions

5.98 x 1.11 x 9.02 In

List Price

$21.95

Format

Paperback

Pages

500 pages

Publisher

Digital Scanning Inc.

Published On

2000-01-01



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