Lost Franklin Expedition

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• TR

  @trashman1016 · 3 years ago

  so obsessed with Antarctic and Arctic expeditions right now. these men were something else

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• VI

  @victoriadiesattheend.8478 · 5 years ago

  Wow. Imagine burning 11,000 calories on average a day. That blows my mind. Really suggests complete exhaustion to me in some way.

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• ED

  @edwardsiu4266 · 4 years ago

  I've never listened to a lecture on YT before but this was so good I listened to it twice,

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• TI

  @timmorrison4117 · 4 years ago

  "And they were the last people to see them alive".   This ironically parallels the European search for clues as the Inuit knew a lot but were not considered reliable witnesses -- including where the ships wound up eventually.

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• TO

  @tonyhenthorn3966 · 4 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=actGIgjpHdQ&amp;t=2197">36:37</a> Maybe the explorers brought along all those trinkets to trade with any fur trappers or Inuit they might run across for food and warmer clothing.

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• MO

  @monickalynn4365 · 1 year ago

  Fascinating case. These guys were brave and so strong⚓🕊️

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• AL

  @AlanpittsS2b · 5 years ago

  I am fascinated with everything to do with the franklin expedition. The fact that we now know where the ships are and even looked inside is mindblowing to me. Rifles on the wall still and a captains cabin which may hold more information if we could just get into it. Time capsules to almost 200 years ago.

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• AD

  @adrianrussell-smith748 · 5 years ago

  Michael Palins book is great covers the whole story i got it as a speaking book

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• RO

  @rouseg54 · 5 years ago

  Although the contents of the abandoned ship&apos;s boat seem entirely bizarre if you consider the officers needing local supplies it would make sense to have such dispensable but attractive items for trading with any local hunters they met. &nbsp;Perhaps there&apos;s a logic there that isn&apos;t being considered.

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• LI

  @lion-dm4wc · 3 years ago

  I just finished reading the Inuits testimonies. One women, when asked about her opinion on why the ships sank, answered that one of them was cursed by their shaman! Friendly natives my arse!

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• CA

  @carolbell8008 · 4 years ago

  The Resolute survived being frozen in the ice better than The Endurance.

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• KW

  @kwd3109 · 4 years ago

  I can see them filling the boats with books because there are no trees up there and books can be burned for cooking meals and keeping warm. The china plates and brass curtain rods could have been brought along to use as trade items for the Eskimos in exchange for food.

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