The mystery of the missing expedition
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The mystery of the missing expedition
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The death of the expedition
of Sir John Franklin's expedition is one of the most mysterious pages in the history of Arctic exploration.
of Arctic exploration. Two of Her Majesty's ships, equipped with the latest technology.
were lost in the white silence.
The mysterious disappearance of the ships triggered one of the longest search operations in history.
search operation in history - a search almost uninterrupted from 1848 to the present day.
to the present day. The remains of some of the crew have been found on the deserted
islands in the Canadian archipelago. These bones led to frightening speculation but
but they didn't answer the big question of why a brilliantly prepared.
venture had failed so miserably?
In 1980, Canadian forensic anthropologist Owen Beattie and his companions
landed on the island of Beachy. They were interested in information that might shed light
the cause of their deaths - health, nutrition, signs of disease or violence,
age and build. The results of their work, summarized in the pages of this
are not just impressive, they seem to have unlocked the secret of the greatest
of missing expeditions.
of Sir John Franklin's expedition is one of the most mysterious pages in the history of Arctic exploration.
of Arctic exploration. Two of Her Majesty's ships, equipped with the latest technology.
were lost in the white silence.
The mysterious disappearance of the ships triggered one of the longest search operations in history.
search operation in history - a search almost uninterrupted from 1848 to the present day.
to the present day. The remains of some of the crew have been found on the deserted
islands in the Canadian archipelago. These bones led to frightening speculation but
but they didn't answer the big question of why a brilliantly prepared.
venture had failed so miserably?
In 1980, Canadian forensic anthropologist Owen Beattie and his companions
landed on the island of Beachy. They were interested in information that might shed light
the cause of their deaths - health, nutrition, signs of disease or violence,
age and build. The results of their work, summarized in the pages of this
are not just impressive, they seem to have unlocked the secret of the greatest
of missing expeditions.
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