It would take an Inuit, a professional mam who remembers these passed down stories to finally light the spark that would lead to some major discoveries.Īn enduring mystery brought to light, loved reading this book but if one does not have the same fascination might be a completely different reading experience.

The Inuit, had passed down through the years their tales of white men, ships rising from the ice, and there tales were deemed as unreliable. This is a dense read, so many names, so many missions that ended in failure throughout the years.įascinating to me but difficult to process and remember all the information.

She was an admirable and indefatigable woman, fighting for her husband. lady Jane even offers some of her own money and out of frustration will turn to spiritualists for short time. After the ships are lost, not heard of, many efforts by John Ross and Lady Jane Franklin to impel a rescue mission falls on deaf ears. Was bowled away by the huge amount of supplies on this ship, provisioned enough to supposed last 129 men for many years. Starts in 1845 with the expedition itself, for John Franklin, now in his seventies this is his last ditch effort to find and complete the northwest passage and to redeem his shattered reputation. Add in the Franklin Expedition and the very long effort it took to find the wrecks of Erebus and Terror, and I'm all in. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband in 1997, one son, Michael Roy Watson, one daughter, Barbara Ann Watson in infancy, one brother, Richard Roy Matthess, one great-grandson, Blaine Michael Strause in infancy, and one daughter-in-law, Terri Lyn Watson.I am fascinated by anything to do with the Arctic, a place I will never go, truth to tell probably not even want to go, but I love reading about this extremely cold, ice packed place. Watson of Muscatine, Dennis Watson of Muscatine, and Ron Watson and wife, Sue, of Petersburg, Indiana two daughters, Patti Strause and husband, Toby, of Muscatine, and Kathy Freund and husband, Randy, of Muscatine 11 grandchildren 13 great-grandchildren and one sister, Carol Ann Volansky of San Francisco, California. Survivors include four sons, Larry Watson and wife, Pat, of Grandview, Robert N. She also was a leader for the Girl Scouts and 4 H. She taught Sunday School classes and sang in the church choir at the Musserville United Methodist Church. She was a member of the Sweet Adeline's and the Muscatine Melon Patcher's Quilt Guild. She married Blaine Newton Watson on September 3, 1949, in Muscatine. Watson was born on July 21, 1929, in Cedar Rapids, the daughter of Roy N. Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association. Thursday, August 19, 2004, at the funeral home. Doris Watson MUSCATINE, Iowa - Velma Doris Watson, 75, of Lutheran Drive, died Tuesday, August 17, 2004, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City.

Ice by M.S. Watson