False leads in the Franklin search
The strenuous and costly measures undertaken by the British Admiralty and others to find the missing expedition of Sir John Franklin during the period 1847–59 were hindered by malicious deceptions, misleading rumours, corrupted translations, unfortunate misunderstandings, and premature conclusions....
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247402002838 2024-03-03T08:44:08+00:00 False leads in the Franklin search Ross, W. Gillies 2003 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247402002838 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247402002838 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 39, issue 2, page 131-160 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2003 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247402002838 2024-02-08T08:33:50Z The strenuous and costly measures undertaken by the British Admiralty and others to find the missing expedition of Sir John Franklin during the period 1847–59 were hindered by malicious deceptions, misleading rumours, corrupted translations, unfortunate misunderstandings, and premature conclusions. The false leads included fake messages from Franklin, invented reports of his safety or death in various places, clairvoyant statements that placed him in several widely separated locations, discoveries of objects supposedly associated with his expedition, and distorted reports from Indians and Eskimos. The Admiralty had to investigate all leads, and this took time away from the planning and execution of more important measures. Article in Journal/Newspaper eskimo* Polar Record Cambridge University Press Polar Record 39 2 131 160 |
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The strenuous and costly measures undertaken by the British Admiralty and others to find the missing expedition of Sir John Franklin during the period 1847–59 were hindered by malicious deceptions, misleading rumours, corrupted translations, unfortunate misunderstandings, and premature conclusions. The false leads included fake messages from Franklin, invented reports of his safety or death in various places, clairvoyant statements that placed him in several widely separated locations, discoveries of objects supposedly associated with his expedition, and distorted reports from Indians and Eskimos. The Admiralty had to investigate all leads, and this took time away from the planning and execution of more important measures. |
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