In contrast to Palin’s book, which treats the social history of the officers and crew extensively, Betts concentrates on the ship itself, essentially basing his analysis on the construction (and reconstruction) details of this amazing ship. Matthew Betts has published a memoir of the junior, but in many ways more interesting, vessel. Michael Palin’s recent book HMS Erebus tells the career of Franklin’s flagship, and now Dr. To avoid this, they have embraced biographies of the ships themselves. Authors recognize that discoveries in the ships, perhaps including documentation, would quickly render further speculation obsolete. The recent discovery of his two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, has put an end to this as we await the results of an ongoing investigation of the wrecks. Ever since the Arctic expedition of Sir John Franklin disappeared into the ice in 1845, most of what has been written about the lost ships and doomed men has been speculative.
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