He turns up obscure facts, reanimates essential moments, and never shies away from taking controversial positions. Palin is a superb stylist, low-key and conversational, who skillfully incorporates personal experience. “At this late date, and against all odds, Michael Palin has found an original way to enter and explore the Royal Navy narrative of polar exploration. “With this irresistible and often harrowing account, Michael Palin makes a convincing case that one heroic little ship embodied the golden age of polar exploration better than any other: HMS Erebus.” -John Geiger, co-author of Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition is a wonderful idea and few could have carried it out as well as Michael Palin." -The Arctic Book Review "Using Erebus as a structure for outlining British Polar exploration in the first half of the nineteenth century.
"A well-written and captivating examination of the Erebus’ adventures" -Washington Times "Palin seeks to celebrate the spirit of exploration that set Erebus on her course how such overweening self-confidence left the wreck of a fine ship disintegrating on the bed of the freezing Arctic Ocean." -Financial Times "A considerable scholarly and storytelling achievement" -Post Magazine
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"Palin's account is full of wit and sympathy" -The Guardian brings the story of a ship vividly to life" -The Times "Cracking good reading" -Publishers Weekly A former president of the Royal Geographical Society, his journeys have taken him to the North and South Poles, the Sahara Desert, the Himalayas, and Brazil. He is also an acclaimed author, documentary filmmaker, and explorer. Michael Palin has written and starred in numerous television programs and films, from Monty Python to A Fish Called Wanda. Expertly researched and illustrated with maps, photographs, paintings, and engravings, Erebus is an evocative account of two journeys: one successful and forgotten, the other tragic yet unforgettable. Delving into the research, he describes the intertwined careers of the two men who shared the ship’s journeys: Ross, the organizational genius who mapped much of the Antarctic coastline and oversaw some of the earliest scientific experiments to be conducted there and Franklin, who, at the age of sixty and after a checkered career, commanded the ship on its last disastrous venture. Palin travels across the world-from Tasmania to the Falkland Islands and the Canadian Arctic-to offer a firsthand account of the terrain and conditions that would have confronted the Erebus and her doomed final crew. It was rediscovered under the arctic waters in 2014. Michael Palin brings the fascinating story of the Erebus and its occupants to life, from its construction as a bomb vessel in 1826 through the flagship years of James Clark Ross’s Antarctic expedition and finally to Sir John Franklin’s quest for the holy grail of navigation-a route through the Northwest Passage, where the ship disappeared into the depths of the sea for more than 150 years.
Audiobook Available ( Complete List from Greystone)ĭriven by a passion for travel and history and a love of ships and the sea, former Monty Python stalwart and beloved television globe-trotter Michael Palin explores the world of HMS Erebus, last seen on an ill-fated voyage to chart the Northwest Passage.
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