Frozen in Time: Fate of the Franklin Expedition - Softcover

Frozen in Time

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 192 pages. cover worn, spine fadedThe Franklin expedition was not alone in suffering early and unexplained deat hs. Indeed, both Back (1837) and Ross (1849) suffered early onset of unaccountab le debility aboard ship and Ross suffered greater fatalities during his single winter in the Arctic than did Franklin during his first. Both expeditions were forced to retreat because of the rapacious illness that stalked their ships. Fro zen in Time makes the case that this illness (starting with the Back expedition) was due to the crews' overwhelming reliance on a new technology, namely tinned foods. This not only exposed the seamen to lead, an insidious poison - as has be en demonstrated in Franklin's case by Dr. Beattie's research - but it also left them vulnerable to scurvy, the ancient scourge of seafarers which had been thoug ht to have been largely cured in the early years of the nineteenth century. Full y revised, Frozen in Time will update the research outlined in the original edit ion, and will introduce independent confirmation of Dr. Beattie's lead hypothesi s, along with corroboration of his discovery of physical evidence for both scurv y and cannibalism. In addition, the book includes a new introduction written by Margaret Atwood, who has long been fascinated by the role of the Franklin Expedi tion in Canada's literary conscience, and has made a pilgrimage to the site of t he Franklin Expedition graves on Beechey Island. Artikel-Nr. 5319c

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