A really good book on Franklin and some of the other North West passage folks is "Barrows Boys" published earlier this year in paperback. My defective memory wont remind me of trhe author.

In addition to the Franklin and Ross expeditions it also gives an interesting counterpoint on the search for the source of the Niger.

Isnt it one of Franklins men who makes a re-appearance in James Taylors "The Frozen Man"?