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Ice Ghosts

the Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition
Apr 30, 2017stephaniedchase rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
The Franklin Expedition continues to be a story that fascinates, particularly through the many unsuccessful follow-up expeditions that sought to find answers to what happened to Franklin and his men. Watson's ICE GHOSTS tries to highlight those expeditions, as well as the long oral tradition of the Inuit and the Franklin shipwrecks. Unfortunately, ICE GHOSTS suffers from trying to cram too much in. Nearly 200 pages of description of the Franklin Expedition itself still leaves many questions unanswered; the 150 years of expeditions that followed get short shrift. I wished for more maps, more photos, more description of the men who kept coming to search. So many of the people are fascinating that we the reader wish for more time spent.