Unravelling the Franklin Mystery: Inuit Testimony
Unravelling the Franklin Mystery: Inuit Testimony Second Edition by David C. Woodman Montréal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2015 Reviewed by Russell A. Potter It's the single most significant book in the history of the search for Sir John Franklin's long-lost ships and men, one without which, arguably, Parks Canada's 2014 discovery of HMS "Erebus" would never have been possible. And yet it's a book that relatively few, aside from the true Franklinomanes, have read, read recently, or read with care. And so it's extraordinarily welcome news that McGil-Queen's University Press has seen fit to bring out this new paperback edition, just in time for those who have only recently contracted Franklin fever to apply its sobering salve to their heated brows. The text of the book is essentially unmodified from its first edition -- but, as Woodman explains in his thoughtful and informative preface, that's because -- aside from one or two relati