One example is the lack of passenger photos showing Ross Island. He spends two whole pages on this (Verdict on Erebus pp258,259), implying that someone might have removed the photos. Mahon says: “If you looked at the flight path of the aircraft as it completed its two orbits, it was obvious that there had been four occasions upon which the aircraft had been side-on to Ross Island.” Obvious? What was actually obvious was that there was no occasion when the aircraft was side-on to Ross Island, because it was banked about 20 degrees as it turned, hence the lack of photos.
... also probable that no photos in that direction because ...
a) there was nothing of interest to see and photo. Just a mass of grey not worth wasting one of the 24 or 36 pictures on your one or two rolls of film that you've taken along
b) if a photo had been taken, the developer may have innocently decided it was not worth developing as it was just a mass of grey
I took a little personal interest from Holmes comment page 382 where he attempted to dig the knife into Chippindale...
Mr Ron Chippindale, reported the Star was unavailable for comment. His office said he was in the United Kingdom and he would not be back until July. THis would have been, no doubt, one of his important trips on the taxpayer to the northern hemisphere summer. A day later, he was found in Bedford.
... I'm not sure if he is attempting to paint Bedford as a small backwater, but next time he may want to investigate if there are any places around Bedford (say 12 miles SW) where it would be appropriate for Chippindale to be.