The ill-fated expedition ended in disaster, with Franklin and all of his men perishing. Though the exact circumstances of their deaths remain a mystery, experts believe some combination of scurvy ...

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It reveals the story about one of the largest manhunts in Canadian history: the search for the lost ships of the Franklin Expedition, an Arctic expedition that disappeared mysteriously more than 170 ...

“Nearly every shred of the Franklin expedition’s recorded history has been lost to the winds of time and . . . the story of Franklin’s expedition is one of cannibalism and chaotic ...

Researchers in Canada have been exploring the wreck of the ill-fated Franklin Expedition. The voyage departed from England in 1845 to chart the Northwest Passage. Michelle Fleury explains the ...

An extensive analysis of Inuit oral testimony, often graphic. Ice Blink: The Tragic Fate of Sir John Franklin’s Lost Polar Expedition, by Scott Cookman (John Wiley, 2000). It rejects lead poisoning, ...