The North-West Passage Comes to the Library of Congress

Washington, District of Columbia, October 26, 2015 (Newswire.com) - Sir John Franklin and 128 companions died on a North-West Passage voyage in the 1840s, and with the absence of nearly any written documents as to what happened on that fateful voyage, dead men tell no tales.

On October 29, the Library of Congress unveils  polar and maritime historian Glenn M. Stein’s book, Discovering the North-West Passage:  The Four-Year Arctic Odyssey of H.M.S. Investigator and the McClure Expedition. 

"In Stein's words, McClure and his men are fully brought to life in a way no previous account of nineteenth-century exploration has managed."

Dr. Russell A. Potter, Arctic historian

This human story of the first men ever to pass through the Arctic from the Pacific to the Atlantic Oceans, during 1850-54, includes a wealth of unpublished information.  Since McClure's experiences were the only ones comparable to those of Franklin, they can be used as a yardstick against what may have happened during the lost expedition. 

According to well known Arctic historian Dr. Russell A. Potter, “In Stein’s words, McClure and his men are fully brought to life in a way no previous account of nineteenth-century exploration has managed."