I really enjoyed this account of Franklin's expedition to find the Northwest Passage, written by John Gieger, with Owen Beattie. Beattie is the forensic anthropologist from Edmonton who led several teams of experts to the north starting in 1981. The history of the voyages is very interesting, which includes the many many disasters that occurred as the English, Americans, Norwegians and others tried in vain to find the way through the ice in the 1700's and 1800's. Finally, Beattie's group exume 3 bodies from Franklin's crew and take samples to be analyzed back in Edmonton. Their discoveries make for good reading.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Frozen in Time
I really enjoyed this account of Franklin's expedition to find the Northwest Passage, written by John Gieger, with Owen Beattie. Beattie is the forensic anthropologist from Edmonton who led several teams of experts to the north starting in 1981. The history of the voyages is very interesting, which includes the many many disasters that occurred as the English, Americans, Norwegians and others tried in vain to find the way through the ice in the 1700's and 1800's. Finally, Beattie's group exume 3 bodies from Franklin's crew and take samples to be analyzed back in Edmonton. Their discoveries make for good reading.
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