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George Chambers se porte volontaire pour participer a l'expedition de sir John Franklin, en quete du legendaire passage du Nord-Ouest. Mais les deux vaisseaux, l'Erebus et le Terror, se retrouvent prisonniers des glaces. L'enthousiasme de l'equipage fait alors place a une lutte eperdue contre la faim et le froid. George et un officier sont les derniers survivants.

A dramatic Arctic adventure set during Sir John Franklin's doomed search for the Northwest Passage.

George Chambers is a fourteen-year-old aboard HMS Erebus, one of two ships under the command of Sir John Franklin on his quest to discover the Northwest Passage. But when the Erebus and Terror are trapped in crushing ice, 129 men of the crew die from cold, scurvy and starvation.

George recalls the events that led him to Canada's desolate North, and the expedition's failure -- including gravediggers, a close call with a polar bear, standing up against sailors threatening mutiny, and his own impending death.

Original title: Graves of Ice: The Lost Franklin Expedition

About the Author

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John Wilson a ?crit plus d'une douzaine de livres dont Fusill? ? l'aube, de la s?rie Au Canada... John n'en est pas ? son premier ouvrage sur John Franklin. L'auteur voyage ?norm?ment et poss?de des connaissances solides en histoire. Il se rend fr?quemment dans les ?coles et les librairies pour rencontrer ses jeunes lecteurs. John Wilson has over three dozen books to his credit. Shot at Dawn (Fusill? ? l'aube) is his earlier title in the I Am Canada series. He has written about John Franklin's (and similar) expeditions in both novels and non-fiction. John travels extensively to visit schools and libraries, and is knowledgeable in numerous areas of history.