Sorry, this is already a book thread. So I post my recommendation here too: It is a brilliant novel about Franklin and his expedition: The Discovery of Slownes

Sorry, this is already a book thread. So I post my recommendation here too: It is a brilliant novel about Franklin and his expedition: The Discovery of Slowness (Sten Nadolny) It has originally been written in german (Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit). Very well investigated. Especially John Franklin seemed to have been a very interesting character. Read the amazon reviews: people start to get philosophical, when they write about this book. A great weekend read, well worth the time. Maybe I should grab it again, too... (deleted my post in the main thread)