Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22
London, John Murray, 1824 (second edition)/ 1823. The account of Franklin's ill-fated overland expedition to survey the uncharted Arctic coastline of North America. Insufficient supplies and poor weather led to starvation, exhaustion, and ultimately the deaths of some half of the party, with suspected instances of murder and even cannibalism..... More
