A review by lanternheart
Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition by Owen Beattie, John Geiger

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5.0

A thorough, compassionate, and well-researched book on not only the Franklin expedition itself, but its fate. Following Beattie's trail of investigation, unearthing, and autopsy is riveting reading — if grim — and brings a satisfying, if tantalizing in light of the recent discovery of both ships in the last decade, theory to full light.

I was especially gripped by Beattie's own descriptions of Beechey Island and King William Island, their desolation and sparse beauty, and touched by the attitudes of our researchers when they autopsied the preserved bodies of Torrington, Hartnell, and Braine.
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