Searching for Franklin: new answers to the great Arctic mystery

Prologue: The myth of the explorer

Part one: Searching for Franklin. A vault on this island ; John Franklin goes missing ; Beechey Island graves ; A hint of catastrophe ; Lady Franklin responds ; The Victory Point record

Part two: The Royal Navy man. Who was this John Franklin? ; Voyage to York Factory ; Upriver to Cumberland House ; Once a prisoner of war ; Second-in-command ; Journey to Fort Chipewyan ; The great mustering ; Akaitcho leads the way ; The indispensable St. Germain ; The Dene leader's question

Part three: Haunting the land. The Gjoa Haven mystery box ; Hunters, interpreters, eyewitnesses ; The Peter Bayne complication ; What do we know for sure? ; The second-worst disaster

Part four: The true believer. The resolute back ; The immovable Simpson ; Akaitcho's warning ; Crisis at Bloody Falls ; Franklin reaches the coast ; East of the Coppermine ; Obstruction Rapids ; St. Germain finds a way ; Shock at Fort Enterprise ; Cannibalism, murder, starvation

Part five: Interweaving expeditions. Rescue from Enterprise ; The trouble with polar bears ; The man who could do no wrong ; Epilogue: On top of the world.