![]() Michael Palin is a cracking good companion on this journey of ambition, longing, triumph and tragedy. Charlotte Gray, author of The Promise of Canada Palin has given us a fascinating account of the extraordinary courage of nineteenth century British sailors and officers. One robust little tub of a boat, two death-defying voyages to the ends of the earth. Adam Shoalts, author of A History of Canada in Ten Maps Nicholas CraneĮxpertly written and masterfully crafted, Palin's story of one ship's two bold explorations successfully weaves together two hundred years of history into page-turning entertainment. The Erebus story is the Arctic epic we've all been waiting for. This beautifully produced volume - colour plates, outstanding maps - is a landmark achievement. 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. John Geiger, co-author of Frozen in TimeĪt 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 ago of polar exploration better than any other: HMS Erebus. the age of adventure lives on' - Alanna Mitchell, author of The Spinning Magnet: The Force that Created the Modern World and Could Destroy Itīeyond terrific. ![]() This beautifully produced volume - colour plates, outstanding maps - is a landmark achievement.' - Ken McGoogan, author of Fatal Passage `Michael Palin is a cracking good companion on this journey of ambition, longing, triumph and tragedy. The Erebus story is the Arctic epic we've all been waiting for.' - Nicholas Crane `Palin is a superb stylist, low-key and conversational, who skillfully incorporates personal experience. Carefully researched and well-crafted, it brings the story of a ship vividly to life.' - Sunday Times `This is an incredible book. ![]() Vividly recounting the experiences of the men who first set foot on Antarctica's Victoria Land, and those who, just a few years later, froze to death one by one in the Arctic ice, beyond the reach of desperate rescue missions, Erebus is a wonderfully evocative account of a truly extraordinary adventure, brought to life by a master explorer and storyteller. The ship was filled with fascinating people: the dashing and popular James Clark Ross, who charted much of the `Great Southern Barrier' the troubled John Franklin, whose chequered career culminated in the Erebus's final, disastrous expedition and the eager Joseph Dalton Hooker, a brilliant naturalist - when he wasn't shooting the local wildlife dead. I didn't want it to end.' - Bill Bryson _ Michael Palin - Monty Python star and television globetrotter - brings the remarkable Erebus back to life, following it from its launch in 1826 to the epic voyages of discovery that led to glory in the Antarctic and to ultimate catastrophe in the Arctic. In 1848, it disappeared in the Arctic, its fate a mystery. HMS Erebus was one of the great exploring ships, a veteran of groundbreaking expeditions to the ends of the Earth.
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