Contents

Map

Introduction

Part One: The Skeletons

1 King William Island, 29 June 1981

2 A Subject of Wonder

3 Into the Frozen Seas

4 Puny Efforts

5 Isthmus of the Graves

6 Region of Terror

7 Terror Camp Clear

8 Scattered Bones

9 The Boat Place

10 A Doorway Opens

Part Two: The Icemen

11 Across the Precipice

12 The Face of Death

13 The Evidence Mounts

14 Hartnell Redux

15 The Royal Marine

16 Understanding a Disaster

Epilogue The Age of Lead

Appendix One

Appendix Two

Acknowledgements

Bibliography

A Note on the Author