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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Lambert, Andrew D., 1956-     Subjects     Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847.     Erebus (Ship)     Terror (Ship)     Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- British.     Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration -- British.     Canada, Northern -- Discovery and exploration -- British.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Lambert, Andrew D., 1956-       by title:      The gates of hell : ...       by call number:      919.8 L222g     Search the Web     Lambert, Andrew D., 1956-     Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847.     Erebus (Ship)     Terror (Ship)     Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- British.     Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration -- British.     Canada, Northern -- Discovery and exploration -- British.       MARC Display

The gates of hell : Sir John Franklin's tragic quest for the North West Passage / Andrew Lambert. by Lambert, Andrew D., 1956- Yale University Press, 2009. Call #: 919.8 L222g Subjects Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847.   Erebus (Ship)   Terror (Ship)   Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography.   Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- British.   Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration -- British.   Canada, Northern -- Discovery and exploration -- British. ISBN:  0300154852 9780300154856 Description:  xii, 428 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-405) and index. Contents:  Prologue : Erebus : the Gates of Hell -- The North West Passage : designs and delusions -- John Franklin : navigator -- Another career -- Scientific empires -- From Van Diemen's land to Tasmania, 1836-43 -- Science, culture and civilisation -- 'The nucleus of an iceberg' -- Magnetic empires -- 'Till our provisions get short' -- Defeated, deceived and defrauded -- Belcher -- Martyrs of science -- Arctic Fox -- Big art, brazen lies and the 'great explorer' -- Terror : what really happened? Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Tantallon Public Library Adult Nonfiction 919.8 L222g Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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