In 1850, Richard Collinson captained the HMS Enterprise on a voyage to the Arctic via the Bering Strait in search of the missing Franklin expedition. This work describes the daily progress of this expedition, and examines the worsening relations between Collinson and his officers. It is illustrated by a selection of paintings.

In 1850, Richard Collinson captained the HMS Enterprise on a voyage to the Arctic via the Bering Strait in search of the missing Franklin expedition. "Arctic Hell-Ship" describes the daily progress of this little-known Arctic expedition, and examines the steadily worsening relations between Collinson and his officers. William Barr has based his research on a wide range of original archival documents, and the book is illustrated by a selection of vivid paintings by the ship's assistant surgeon, Edward Adams.

• The Task and the Man
• From the Thames to Bering Strait
• I Must Have 15 Miles
• Sitka, Hawaii, and Winter at Hong Kong
• Return to the Arctic
• Past Point Barrow and Round Banks Island
• Wintering at Winter Cove
• Farthest East
• Wintering at Cambridge Bay
• Retreat to the West
• Wintering at Camden Bay
• Homeward Bound
• Results and Reactions, Then and Later
• Index.