Palin travels as well to the some of the places that Erebus got to like Tasmania, Falkland Islands and Ascension Island. This is a very fine book about the travels of a ship and the people who were on it, and if that's what you're looking for, you've found it. Nevertheless, this is a must read for anyone interested in British Naval history, The Franklin Expedition, Artic exploration, or Canadian history. HMS Erebus was one of the great exploring ships, a veteran of groundbreaking expeditions to the ends of the Earth.

We learn of the brave man who was so maligned when, having discovered, through the Innuit, the likely fate of the two ships and their crews, he was shunned for suggesting that any Englishman could be so depraved as to resort to cannibalism. His moving account of the discovery of abandoned items, taken on board as comforts of home by the officers – silver cutlery with their initials indented, scattered on a frozen shore – affected me the most. In the early years of Queen Victoria's reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval expeditions of all time. I'm sure it was, he's a smart dude, but this book's authorship didn't feel like it played to his strengths.The sternboard manoeuvre that Ross and his crew executed in the most dire and dangerous situation would have been a great gamble at any time. The last chapter of Erebus covers the recent resurgence in the Franklin mystery, and ends with Palin’s visit to Antarctica in 2017, to see the final places along the parties’ sojourn across the ice. Magnifiche anche le fotografie in bianco e nero correlate,le mappe disegnate dagli ufficiali e i disegni dei bellissimi paesaggi artici.

una lettura davvero stimolante che consiglio a tutti gli appassionati di storia,perché la scrittura è davvero alla portata di tutti. He turns up obscure facts, reanimates essential moments, and never shies away from taking controversial positions. Palin has an engaging chatty style which more often reads like travelogue rather than history; and having visited many of the locales himself, is great at conflating descriptions of the original voyages with his own impressions. A year later, the ships were led by John Franklin on the ill-fated attempt on the North West Passage.To become a subscriber to Slightly Foxed: The Real Reader’s Quarterly Magazine, please visit our subscriptions page. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. It’s a fascinating story that he brings full-bloodedly to life , stripping away the barnacles of the past to reveal the hidden history of a ship. Michael’s historical non fiction debut charts both journeys and brings back to life all those who sailed on her .