Michael Palin reads from his new book that follows the mysterious and tragic voyage of HMS Erebus in 1845:

The ship was last sighted in July that year. In London Lady Jane Franklin fears the worst for her husband and the crew - "I sometimes think it is better perhaps that we should be in happy ignorance of any disaster that may have happened". And still the Admiralty won't respond to requests for a recovery expedition.

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