Franklin: Tragic Hero of Polar Navigation

ISBN-13: 9780571231614 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 448 str.

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In 1845 Franklin led a large, well equipped expedition to complete the conquest of the Canadian Arctic, to find the North West Passage connecting the North Atlantic to the North Pacific. Yet Franklin, his ships and men were fated never to return. This book re-examines the life and fate of Franklin and his expedition.