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Graves of ice : the lost Franklin expedition / by John Wilson.

Summary:

George Chambers is a fourteen-year-old accompanying Sir John Franklin on his quest to discover the Northwest Passage. But when their ships are trapped in ice, 129 men die and only two remain alive to tell the story.
"George Chambers volunteers to join Sir John Franklin's expedition in search of the elusive Northwest Passage. But as ice binds both Erebus and Terror in a frozen landscape, the explorers' search for the fabled passage deteriorates to a grim determination to avoid death by starvation or freezing. Soon only George and one other sailor remain alive..."-- Back cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781443107945 (bound) :
  • Physical Description: 194 pages : illustrations, maps ; 17 cm.
  • Publisher: Toronto : Scholastic Canada, 2014.
Subject: Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847 > Juvenile fiction.
Northwest Passage > Juvenile fiction.
Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > Juvenile fiction.
Canada > History > 1763-1867 > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction, Canadian.
Canadian fiction.

Available copies

  • 13 of 13 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Fort Nelson Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 13 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Fort Nelson Public Library J IAM (Text) 35246000820199 Junior Fiction Volume hold Available -


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