Erebus: The Story of a Ship

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I always think of Ross (Ice shelf), Weddell (Sea) but now add the unfortunate Crozier to the geography of the frozen areas of the world. When Hooker was appointed to the crew of Erebus, he was a 22-year-old botanist fresh out of the University of Glasgow. In the early years of Queen Victoria's reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval expeditions of all time.

Though the two ships are used as the main subject for the book, in reality the core message is about the heroic attempts to reach Antarctica and the magnetic South Pole together with a mapping expedition of the Arctic and an attempt to sail through the North West passage.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Palin is a superb stylist , low-key and conversational, who skillfully incorporates personal experience. One thing that struck me was how many of the names given to physical features mirrored the mental states of those who named them.

It therefore seems appropriate to be the name of an Antarctic volcano, that further lived up to its name when, on 28th November 1979, Air New Zealand Flight 901 flew into its slopes, killing all on board. So that is why there is the Ross ice shelf, McMurdo Sound, and many other contributions to geographic features were contributed to, by this revolutionary exploration.Ich empfehle das Buch wärmstens allen, die sich für Polarforschung und das Schicksal der beiden Schiffe und ihrer Besatzung interessieren. L autore ci narra chiaramente e senza troppi tecnicismi la nascita e le avventure dell' Erebus,che nata alla fine delle guerre napoleoniche venne successivamente attrezzata per l'esplorazione dell'artico,per le ricerche sul magnetismo e per scoprire il passaggio al nord ovest del circolo polare artico. Palin narra di queste avventure in una maniera così coinvolgente che spesso ti sembra di stare leggendo . I had not realised the extent to which interest lay in this particular voyage and its mysterious aftermath. HMS Erebus was one of the great exploring ships, a veteran of groundbreaking expeditions to the ends of the Earth.

Please note: On occasion, due to the complexity and personal nature of some book signing requests, Michael may not dedicate and sign exactly as requested. In the book we also learn how Palin came to love sea stories and how he became fascinated with the epic story of HMS Erebus. With the first half of the book, well just over half, covering the Antarctic expedition the second part looks at Erebus’ final expedition to the Arctic and trying to find a way through the Northwest Passage. However I confess I'd forgotten that the Erebus had a number of voyages of exploration before the final one.Cheered on by a crowd of engineers, carpenters, blacksmiths, clerks and their families, the stout, broad-hulled warship they had been building for the past two years slides, stern first, down the slipway at Pembroke Dockyard. But his relationship with Sir John Franklin was less happy: indeed Crozier sometimes feigned illness to avoid having to dine with him. Das Buch enthält natürlich auch einige Karten und Bilder – die Bilder der im Eis perfekt konservierten Leichen einiger Besatzungsmitglieder, die unterwegs starben, fand ich ziemlich verstörend. Apart from Danger Islets, there is Cape Longing, Cape Disappointment, Delusion Point and Exasperation Bay, only slightly compensated for by Useful Island on the other side of the peninsula"; чи сценка на російському кораблі, де команда захоплюється, що в них пливе справжній кіноактор, а Пейлін соромиться розказати, що його остання роль - це Молотов у "Смерті Сталіна"). Michael 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.