Frozen in Time

The Fate of the Franklin Expedition

By: Owen Beattie, John Geiger

Narrated by: Liam Gerrard

In 1845, Sir John Franklin and his men set out to "penetrate the icy fastness of the north, and to circumnavigate America." And then they disappeared. The truth about what happened to Franklin's ill-fated Arctic expedition was shrouded in mystery for more than a century. Then, in 1984, Owen Beattie and his team exhumed two crew members from a burial site in the North for forensic evidence, to shocking results. But the most startling discovery didn't come until 2014, when a team commissioned by the Canadian government uncovered one of the lost ships: Erebus.

©1987, 1988, 1998, 2004, 2014 Owen Beattie and John Geiger (P)2019 Tantor

Deservedly a classic

Still gripping almost 40 years after its first publication. Recommended for anyone with even a casual interest in history and exploration. The only downside is that some other books will pale in comparison.

A gripping tale of exploration and re-exploration to find the truth.

I came to this book after watching a Nova program: Artic Ghost Ship.
this filled in the gaps nicely and presented much information new to me. I truly enjoyed the performance, especially he adherence to the proper pronunciation of the word "solder"!
Five stars all around!

Multi-century info

Thoroughly enjoyed; a ton of research must have taken place, but conveyed in a nice storyline fashion well beyond just listing every found fact. Tough circumstances not understood by this airplane and satellite generation.

Fascinating Study of the Mystery of the Terror and Erebus Tragedy

Deep dive into the causes of the deaths of the crew of these two ships. As interesting in the examination of the reasons of the deaths as it is for the account of how modern day scientists did the exhumations and the detective work. While it does not go deeply into the sacrifices those modern day detectives made, their dedication to knowledge for its own sake was impressive.
I am always in awe of the explorers who not only make these journeys, but their dedication to documenting them! Both modern day and long past.
Impressive!

The narrator's voice ruined it

I know this narrator has won multiple awards but his inflection and pauses were GRATING. I am fascinated by the story of this expedition but I couldn't finish this book because his voice is just too much, unfortunately.