The famous tale of the fate of Franklin’s lost expedition is a household story. Lesser known is the struggle endured by the numerous search parties that risked their lives to find Franklin and his men. We hear from Glenn Stein, who's book maps out the story of an ambitious Commander Robert McClure and his harrowing adventure through the last uncharted section of the North-West Passage.

Book - Discovering the North-West Passage: The Four-Year Arctic Odyssey of H.M.S. Investigator and the McClure Expedition