The Disturbing Disappearance of the Franklin Expedition
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This video details the ill-fated 1845 Franklin's Lost Expedition, tracing the disappearance of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror in the Canadian Arctic and the subsequent discovery of their wrecks.
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Answers: What happened to Franklin's lost Arctic expedition?
- Franklin's lost expedition
- HMS Erebus
- HMS Terror
- Northwest Passage
- Arctic exploration
- Lead poisoning in Arctic exploration
- Cannibalism in Franklin's expedition
What it concludes
- The 16,000 tin cans of food brought on the expedition had improper lead soldering, which contaminated the food and poisoned the crew.
- The water distillation equipment brought on the expedition used lead piping that easily corroded when exposed to sea salt, contributing to lead poisoning.
- The crew suffered from a critical lack of zinc in their diets, which caused their bodies to cannibalize their own bones and released even more lead into their bloodstreams.
- Members of the expedition were already suffering from tuberculosis before the ships reached the Canadian Arctic.
- The extreme cold of the 1845-1859 period meant the ice never melted, trapping the ships through multiple summers.
- In 1993, the expedition's final camp site was located, confirming cannibalism through cut marks on human bones.
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