‘Magisterial … Brings energy, wit and humanity to a story that has never ceased to tantalise people since the 1840s. ‘I absolutely loved it: I had to read it at one sitting … Fascinating.’ - Lorraine Kelly, ITV Lorraine This beautifully produced volume - colour plates, outstanding maps - is a landmark achievement.’ - Ken McGoogan, author of Fatal Passage He turns up obscure facts, reanimates essential moments, and never shies away from taking controversial positions. Michael brings to life one of the greatest adventures of all time. Erebus is set in a small, insular town outside of London populated primarily by farmers. ‘Palin is a superb stylist, low-key and conversational, who skillfully incorporates personal experience. The Erebus story is the Arctic epic we’ve all been waiting for.’ - Nicholas Crane ‘Thoroughly absorbs the reader… Carefully researched and well-crafted, it brings the story of a ship vividly to life.’ - Sunday Times
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. 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. The search for the North-West Passage, which might offer a shorter route to India, had obsessed explorers since John and Sebastian Cabot had discovered Newfoundland in the reign of Henry VII.HMS Erebus was one of the great exploring ships, a veteran of groundbreaking expeditions to the ends of the Earth. His voyages and work were both remarkable, but the public was then more interested in Arctic than Antarctic exploration. The sparsely populated moon, Io, is destroyed in a terrorist attack.
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Free UK p&p over £10, online orders only. In a country long since abandoned to its own devices, Inspector Layton Trent is investigating the massacre of fifteen people when an event occurs in Jupiter space. Ross’s own interests were primarily scientific, mapping the world and searching for the magnetic poles. To order a copy for £14.49 (RRP £20) go to or call 03. It would be associated with James Clark Ross, described frequently as the handsomest officer in the Navy, as well as with Franklin.
In its 20 years of life, Erebus would make voyages to the Antarctic as well as the Arctic. This proved to be HMS Erebus, one of the two ships which, under the command of the veteran explorer and naval officer, Sir John Franklin, had set sail in the early summer of 1845, charged by the Admiralty to discover the long-sought North-West Passage which would link the North Atlantic to the Pacific. Four years ago, the wreck of a sailing ship was discovered deep underwater in the frozen wastes of the Canadian Arctic.
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