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Buried In Ice: A Time Quest Book

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After seeing a clip on the Franklin Expedition in a documentary on mummies, I rushed to the library to see if there was a book on the subject. The only one available was this book in the juvenile section. At first I was disappointed, but, noticing a photo of the preserved body of one of the sailors, I checked it out. For a kids' book, this one is pretty cool. The first part of the book is a fictionalized (and very sanitized) story of chief stoker John Torrington and his friend and stoker Luke Smith on the HMS Terror. William Braine and Thomas Hartnell (John's brother) also make appearances. This story leaves the reader with questions that the author will answer in the second section describing the disinterring of Torrington, John Hartnell, and Braine and the information their well-preserved remains revealed. The photos are amazing and make this book fascinating for all ages. The first illustration of Torrington in the fictionalized story has him wearing the same articles found on his corpse (an intriguing, if a bit creepy, touch). The reading level and, at times, disturbing content is probably appropriate for kids 5th grade and up.

My mother gave this book to me when I was ten, which was a very long time ago. Those images of the mummies, so well-preserved that they don't look like mummies but like still-living human beings in some eternal pain we can't imagine -- they gave me nightmares then and they can still chill me to the stomach.

Buried in Ice is about two boats who went to the Arctic to discover new parts. They all died! Nobody worried though,because they had a three year supply of food.

What I like about the book is it's story,and adventure at the same time. Mystery because they want to find out what happenned to the crew. Adventure to survive in the cold.

I think we should apritiate explorers. For risking thier lives to find new things. These people tried to explor the Arctic. To find new places that were not put on the map yet,but they are now.

I very much recommend this book, it was a great story that kept me thriving for more. I could not put this book down whenever I picked it up. When I read the book I could easily concentrate, I almost got sucked into the story and became one of the characters in it. I learned that scurvy is a sickness that can kill, I learned this from when John died. I loved the book because it is non fiction and I actually know that it
happened. John and Lukes friendship held my interest because when John got sick Luke visited him almost every day. Alot of people would enjoy it. Anyone interested in survival, large ships, Arctic weather, a great friendship, and a mystery of a missing ship. I would read one billion other books by these two authors I love the story. I encourage anyone that can get this book to read it. BURIED IN ICE IS A GREAT STORY BY A GREAT AUTHOR...

This book's awesome! I've read it, and it's pretty good. Also, it does have some pretty good (some creepy) pictures. It is real informative about the Franklin Expidition.

This book is really cool, although those who don't like pictures of slightly (but not much) decayed bodies will not like some of the pictures. I personally think they are cool and amazing. I really enjoyed the way the author put what they thought happened into a story.

My mother gave this book to me when I was ten, which was a very long time ago. Those images of the mummies, so well-preserved that they don't look like mummies but like still-living human beings in some eternal pain we can't imagine -- they gave me nightmares then and they can still chill me to the stomach.

While the first part of the book discussing the history of the Franklin Expedition was both interesting and informative, the remainder of the book seemed padded and contrived, as it dwelled too much on the modern day trials and tribulations of Beattie and his collaborators. The authors seemed to be trying too hard to build up to a climatic conclusion, and I felt that the book could have been much better written.

This is a book that will give you a new perpective on the value of life, and real-life adventure on the high seas. Read about the tragedy of a lost arctic expedition, and the plight of the sailors who went with it. Gruesome but elaborate photos of the bodies of three sailors lost aboard the expedition can give the reader a feeling of how tragic their deaths were. Anthropologist Owen Beattie unravels the age old mystery of how the Franklin expedition was lost. It's a great book and I highly recommend it

excellent primer for understanding the journey and risk of the arctic explorers. can you imagine what physical and mental changes these folks went through due to the lead poisoning? this book brought home the risks of sailing the arctic, getting stranded and ice bound, sometimes for two years, and solving the mystery years later by the authors. Nice read - not too much detail on the nuts and bolts of anthropology or archaeology. Hope they find more in the future. For the price, you won't be disappointed.