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Frozen Silence: The Tragic Fate of the Franklin Expedition

27 min · 20. apr. 2026
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In 1845, Sir John Franklin led two well-equipped ships into the Arctic to find the Northwest Passage. Trapped in ice, the crew faced scurvy, lead poisoning, starvation, and madness. After the ships were abandoned in 1848, survivors attempted a desperate overland march south. Many died, and evidence later revealed cannibalism and scattered remains across the ice. Decades of searches eventually found the wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror in the 21st century, answering some questions while deepening the mystery of the expedition's final days.

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