Ice Ghosts Paperback by Paul Watson

Product Details

• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart (2018-11-06)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 432 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780771096549
• Item Weight: 470.61 grams
• Dimensions: 9.0 x 6.0 x 1.1 cm

The true story of the greatest mystery of Arctic exploration—and the rare mix of marine science and Inuit knowledge that led to the shipwreck's recent discovery.


     Ice Ghosts weaves together the epic story of the Franklin Expedition—whose two ships and crew of 129 were lost to the Arctic ice—with the modern tale of the scientists, divers, and local Inuit behind the incredible discovery of the flagship's wreck in 2014. Paul Watson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who was on the icebreaker that led the discovery expedition, tells a fast-paced historical adventure story: Sir John Franklin and the crew of the HMS Erebus and Terror setting off in search of the fabled Northwest Passage, the hazards they encountered and the reasons they were forced to abandon ship hundreds of miles from the nearest outpost of Western civilization, and the decades of searching that turned up only rumours of cannibalism and a few scattered papers and bones—until a combination of faith in Inuit lore and the latest science yielded a discovery for the ages.

About the Author

PAUL WATSON worked as a war reporter for more than twenty years, covering conflicts in Angola, the Balkans, Eritrea, Rwanda, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia. He is the author of Where War Lives and Magnum Revolution, and the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Headliner Award, the George Polk Award, and the Robert Capa Gold Medal. He served as Asia bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times and covered the Arctic for the Toronto Star. He holds a master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University. He lives in Coquitlam, British Columbia.