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The Resource Frozen in time : the fate of the Franklin expedition, Owen Beattie & John Geiger, (electronic resource)
Frozen in time : the fate of the Franklin expedition, Owen Beattie & John Geiger, (electronic resource)
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The item Frozen in time : the fate of the Franklin expedition, Owen Beattie & John Geiger, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public Library.
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- Summary
- ""Simply Compelling""--Mordecai Richler Available for the first time as an e-book, Frozen in Time tells the dramatic story of how Sir John Franklin's elite naval forces came within sight of the Northwest Pasage, only to succumb to unimaginable horrors. A gripping tale of cannibalism, bureaucratic hubris, great courage and ground-breaking science, it shows how the excavation of three sailors from the 1845-48 Franklin expedition, buried for 138 years on the lonely Arctic headland of Beechey Island, has shed new light on what has been on of the world's great maritime
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (376 pages)
- Contents
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- Cover; Title; Dedication; Frontispiece; Contents; Maps; Introduction; Part One: The Skeletons; 1. King William Island, 29 June 1981; 2. A Subject of Wonder; 3. Into the Frozen Seas; 4. Puny Efforts; 5. Isthmus of the Graves; 6. Region of Terror; 7. Terror Camp Clear; 8. Scattered Bones; 9. The Boat place; 10. A Doorway Opens; Part Two: The Icemen; 11. Across the Precipice; 12. The Face of Death; 13. The Evidence Mounts; 14. Hartnell Redux; 15. The Royal Marine; 16. Understanding a Disaster; Epilogue: The Age of Lead; Acknowledgements; Appendix One; Appendix Two; Bibliography; Index; Copyright
- Isbn
- 9781771004510
- Label
- Frozen in time : the fate of the Franklin expedition
- Title
- Frozen in time
- Title remainder
- the fate of the Franklin expedition
- Statement of responsibility
- Owen Beattie & John Geiger
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- ""Simply Compelling""--Mordecai Richler Available for the first time as an e-book, Frozen in Time tells the dramatic story of how Sir John Franklin's elite naval forces came within sight of the Northwest Pasage, only to succumb to unimaginable horrors. A gripping tale of cannibalism, bureaucratic hubris, great courage and ground-breaking science, it shows how the excavation of three sailors from the 1845-48 Franklin expedition, buried for 138 years on the lonely Arctic headland of Beechey Island, has shed new light on what has been on of the world's great maritime
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Beattie, Owen
- Dewey number
- 919.804
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- G660
- LC item number
- .B45 2004
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1960-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Geiger, John
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Franklin, John
- Arctic regions
- Explorers
- Franklin, John
- Northwest Passage
- Explorers
- Arctic regions
- Northwest Passage
- Label
- Frozen in time : the fate of the Franklin expedition, Owen Beattie & John Geiger, (electronic resource)
- Carrier category
- online resource
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
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- Content category
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- Contents
- Cover; Title; Dedication; Frontispiece; Contents; Maps; Introduction; Part One: The Skeletons; 1. King William Island, 29 June 1981; 2. A Subject of Wonder; 3. Into the Frozen Seas; 4. Puny Efforts; 5. Isthmus of the Graves; 6. Region of Terror; 7. Terror Camp Clear; 8. Scattered Bones; 9. The Boat place; 10. A Doorway Opens; Part Two: The Icemen; 11. Across the Precipice; 12. The Face of Death; 13. The Evidence Mounts; 14. Hartnell Redux; 15. The Royal Marine; 16. Understanding a Disaster; Epilogue: The Age of Lead; Acknowledgements; Appendix One; Appendix Two; Bibliography; Index; Copyright
- Control code
- ocn852756203
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (376 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781771004510
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)852756203
- Label
- Frozen in time : the fate of the Franklin expedition, Owen Beattie & John Geiger, (electronic resource)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover; Title; Dedication; Frontispiece; Contents; Maps; Introduction; Part One: The Skeletons; 1. King William Island, 29 June 1981; 2. A Subject of Wonder; 3. Into the Frozen Seas; 4. Puny Efforts; 5. Isthmus of the Graves; 6. Region of Terror; 7. Terror Camp Clear; 8. Scattered Bones; 9. The Boat place; 10. A Doorway Opens; Part Two: The Icemen; 11. Across the Precipice; 12. The Face of Death; 13. The Evidence Mounts; 14. Hartnell Redux; 15. The Royal Marine; 16. Understanding a Disaster; Epilogue: The Age of Lead; Acknowledgements; Appendix One; Appendix Two; Bibliography; Index; Copyright
- Control code
- ocn852756203
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (376 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781771004510
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)852756203
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