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Erebus: The Story of A...
Michael Palin explores the world of HMS Erebus,...
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Erebus: The Story of A Ship
9781784758578
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Michael Palin explores the world of HMS Erebus, whose last British port of call was Stromness, Orkney.
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In the early years of Queen Victoria's reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval expeditions of all time.
On the first, she ventured further south than any sip had ever been. On the second, she vanished with her 129-strong crew in the wasted of the Canadian Arctic.
Her fate remained a mystery for over 160 years.
The, in 2014, she was found.
This is her story.
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