Sir John Franklin : the search for the Northwest Passage /
Anders Knudsen.
- St. Catharines, ON ; New York : Crabtree Pub., c2007.
- 32 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cm.
- In the footsteps of explorers .
Includes index.
An Arctic adventurer -- In search of a passage -- Lessons at sea -- Eating boots -- Back to the Arctic -- A final attempt -- The search -- Evidence of tragedy -- An arctic voyage -- The inuit -- After Franklin -- An arctic legacy.
Presents a brief biography of nineteenth-century Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, who set out to find the Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic Ocean.