Episode 5
Michael Palin's book follows the mysterious and tragic voyage of HMS Erebus in 1845. In the present day, the author is bound for Peel Sound and the 'heart of the story'.
Michael Palin reads from his new book that follows the mysterious and tragic voyage of HMS Erebus in 1845:
The author is in the bar of the Akademik Sergei Vavlov, an ice-strengthened survey ship, and singing lines from Northwest Passage. "Tomorrow" he says, "we make our way through the Bellot Straight, which will take us into Peel Sound and very close to the heart of the Franklin story." But what will be found there?
Producer Duncan Minshull
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- Fri 5 Oct 201809:45BBC Radio 4 FM
- Sat 6 Oct 201800:30BBC Radio 4
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