An exhaustive examination of the evidence surrounding the disappearance of the Franklin Expedition, including rather lurid photographs of the frozen bodies of three sailors buried on Beechy Island and exhumed by the authors in the quest to discover what really happened. Beattie and Geiger, a forensic anthropologist and historian, build a credible tale of the disappearance of Sir John and his 129 men.  (ARC81, $22.95)