Human remains, equipment scattered over frozen shoreline, cannibalism and a crew driven mad by the lead used to seal their food: John Wilson's first novel for adults, North with Franklin: The Lost Journals of James Fitzjames (F&W), based on an officer's letters, re-enacts the disastrous Arctic expedition of 1845 under Sir John Franklin. Wilson lives in Nanaimo. 155041-4062

[BCBW AUTUMN 1999]