Book 2018
Erebus
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- Publisher
- Penguin Random House
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018
- Erebus (Ship)
- Shipwrecks
- British
- Discovery and exploration
- Ships
- Ships, history
"Michael Palin brings the fascinating story of the Erebus and its occupants to life, from its construction as a bomb vessel in 1826 through the flagship years of James Clark Ross's Antarctic expedition and finally to Sir John Franklin's quest for the holy grail of navigation--a route through the Northwest Passage, where the ship disappeared into the depths of the sea for more than 150 years. It was rediscovered under the arctic waters in 2014"--