Resolute: The Epic Search for the Northwest Passage and John Franklin, and the Discovery of the Queen's Ghost ShipSterling Publishing Company, Inc., 2006 - 299 pagina's It all began when, in one of the biggest news stories of the 19th century, Sir John Franklin and his ships the Erebus and the Terror disappeared while attempting to locate the fabled Northwest Passage. At the request of Franklin's wife, Lady Jane, the first mission set out from England in hopes of finding him; many others followed in its wake, none successful. Among these was the Resolute, the finest vessel in Queen Victoria's Navy. But in 1854 it became locked in Arctic ice and was abandoned by its captain. A year later, a Connecticut whaler discovered it 1,200 miles away--drifting and deserted, a 600-ton ghost ship. He and his small crew boarded the Resolute, and steered it through a ferocious hurricane back to New London, Connecticut. The United States government then reoutfitted the ship and returned it to the thankful Queen. In 1879, when the Resolute was finally retired, she had the best timbers made into a desk for then-President Rutherford B. Hayes. It is still used by U.S. presidents today ... one of the most celebrated pieces of furniture in the White House. |
Inhoudsopgave
The Arctic Prize | |
First Attempts | |
The Man Who Ate His Boots | |
The Indomitable Parry | |
Ross Tries Again | |
All Hopes Rest on Franklin | |
Vanished | |
The Prize at Last | |
Drifting and Seeking | |
The Search for the Records | |
Remarkable Gift Enduring Mystery | |
Epilogue | |
Timeline | |
Plans of the HMS Resolute | |
John Franklins Orders | |
Notes | |
The Arctic Traffic jam | |
Rescue and Abandonment | |
A Devastating Report and a Remarkable Journey | |
The Resolute Comes Home | |
The Triumph of the Fox | |
Still Searching | |
Bibliography | 18 |
22 | |
Index | 24 |
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Resolute: The Epic Search for the Northwest Passage and John Franklin, and ... Martin W. Sandler Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2010 |
Resolute: The Epic Search for the Northwest Passage and John Franklin, and ... Martin W. Sandler Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2008 |
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
abandoned aboard Admiralty adventure American Arctic explorers became Beechey Island Belcher Bellot boat Boothia Buchan Buddington cairn cannibalism Captain coast Collinson command Coppermine crew Crozier died discovered discovery Edward Parry Elisha Kane England Erebus find the passage floe Franklin expedition frozen Fury Beach George Back George Henry Greenland Hall Harbor Hartstene Hayes HMS Resolute Hobson Hudson's Bay Company Inuit Investigator Isaac Hayes James Clark Ross Jane Franklin John Barrow John Ross journey Kellett King William Island Lady Franklin Lancaster Sound land later Leopold M'Clintock Lieutenant lost expedition Mercy Bay miles mystery natives navy never North Pole Northwest Passage officers once Open Polar Sea overland party passage-seeking Prince Regent Inlet Queen reached rescue Richardson River Robert McClure Ross's sail Schwatka scurvy search for Franklin search for John ship Sir John Franklin sledge snow story Terror traveled Tyson vessel voyage whaling winter wrote