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Searching for Franklin

New Answers to the Great Arctic Mystery

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Searching for Franklin

Auteur(s): Ken McGoogan
Narrateur(s): Bob Souer
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Two of Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin's expeditions were monumental failures. Yet many still see the Royal Navy man as a heroic figure who sacrificed himself to discover the Northwest Passage.

This book interweaves two narratives. The first treats the Royal Navy's Arctic Overland Expedition of 1819, a harbinger-misadventure during which Franklin rejected the advice of Dene and Metis leaders and lost eleven of his twenty-one men. The second discovers a startling new answer to that greatest of Arctic mysteries: what was the root cause of the catastrophe that engulfed Franklin's last expedition?

The well-preserved wrecks of Erebus and Terror promise to yield more clues about what cost the lives of the expedition members, some of whom were reduced to cannibalism. Contemporary researchers continue to seek conclusive evidence both underwater and on land.

Drawing on his own research and Inuit oral accounts, McGoogan teases out many intriguing aspects of Franklin's expeditions, including the explorer's lethal hubris in ignoring the expert advice of the Dene leader Akaitcho. Franklin disappeared into the Arctic in 1845, yet people remain fascinated with his final doomed voyage: what happened?

©2023 Ken McGoogan (P)2024 Tantor Arctique et Antarctique Forces armées Militaire Monde Voyageurs et explorateurs Région polaire Marine royale
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A.I. voice mispronounces dozens of common words. If I was the author I would be very unhappy with this substandard audio book. This is the second audio book on audible that is obviously "read" by A.I. Jeff Bezos should be ashamed for his greed. I would like a refund and we should be able to choose, when we purchase a book, whether we want one read by a robot or a real person. This does an injustice to Mr.McGoogan who wrote a great book. I wonder if he consented to the A.I. rendition?

excellent writer but A.I. voice ruins it

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