
Frozen in Time
The Fate of the Franklin Expedition
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Liam Gerrard
In 1845, Sir John Franklin and his men set out to "penetrate the icy fastness of the north, and to circumnavigate America." And then they disappeared. The truth about what happened to Franklin's ill-fated Arctic expedition was shrouded in mystery for more than a century. Then, in 1984, Owen Beattie and his team exhumed two crew members from a burial site in the North for forensic evidence, to shocking results. But the most startling discovery didn't come until 2014, when a team commissioned by the Canadian government uncovered one of the lost ships: Erebus.
©1987, 1988, 1998, 2004, 2014 Owen Beattie and John Geiger (P)2019 TantorListeners also enjoyed...




















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Deservedly a classic
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this filled in the gaps nicely and presented much information new to me. I truly enjoyed the performance, especially he adherence to the proper pronunciation of the word "solder"!
Five stars all around!
A gripping tale of exploration and re-exploration to find the truth.
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Multi-century info
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I am always in awe of the explorers who not only make these journeys, but their dedication to documenting them! Both modern day and long past.
Impressive!
Fascinating Study of the Mystery of the Terror and Erebus Tragedy
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The narrator's voice ruined it
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The Narrator has a very dry wit and makes the somewhat dry material lively.
Good Scientific Book with a Humorous Narrator
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As I have long been interested in history of this voyage, I found it worthwhile to hang in through the dry patches.
The scientific details of artic weather, ice formation, life in the far North
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I know a fair bit about the Franklin Expedition so most of this book tread familiar ground. It was outlined in a fairly well structured way and kept my interest. I understand the reasoning behind theorizing about what could have happened when a particular sailor died or what Franklin might have done, but I don't necessarily like it. I think it takes away from the tragedy at hand, but I can also understand why it's done. The book is also structured in a peculiar way where the first half is about the expedition and then the second is about the exhumation of the bodies by Beatie. Not uninteresting, just kind of two books put into one.
The Franklin Expedition is the culmination of terrible luck (being locked into the ice an extra winter & the cans), scurvy, lead poisoning, and hubris. Those men were sent out there to die.
I'd consider this book good information for someone looking for the basics on the expedition, as it is repetitive if you know more about it. I don't entirely agree with the author's assertion that the loss of life was caused primarily by lead poisoning from the cans, but I think that's a part of the cause of the tragedy.
frozen in time
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Nonetheless if your a fan of the Franklin expedition. You will want to give this a listen. I thoroughly enjoyed it. And don't worry about the narrator if you love this topic you won't notice him after the first few minutes. Also last thing this book covers back story to the Franklin expedition,before, during and after the expedition and some other expeditions during that same time period. Which I did not know about. So it made it all the more intriguing. Read this one !!!
You'll forget about the narrator by the first chapter
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Narrator’s voice
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