Franklin's Lost Crew: The Arctic's Greatest Mystery - Forgotten Mysteries Chronicles
In 1845, Sir John Franklin led 129 men and two of the most technologically advanced ships in the Royal Navy into the Arctic, confident they would chart the final stretch of the Northwest Passage. They were never seen alive again. Search parties combed the Arctic for over a decade. What they eventually found — scattered remains, evidence of scurvy, lead poisoning, and cannibalism — painted a picture of a slow, horrifying unraveling. It would take until 2014 and 2016 for the wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror to finally be found. In this episode of Forgotten Mysteries Chronicles, we trace what happened to one of history's most confident expeditions — and how it went so catastrophically wrong. What you will discover in this episode: The expedition's mission and why confidence was so high going in What search parties found over the following decades The physical evidence of what killed the crew How the wrecks were finally located over 170 years later Subscribe for a brand new forgotten mystery every single day.
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