Finding the dead: bodies, bones and burials from the 1845 Franklin northwest passage Expedition

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Stenton, Douglas R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2018
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Arctic; Northwest Passage; King William Island; William Island; Victoria Strait; Adelaide Peninsula; Victory Point; Back River; Northwest passage; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247418000359; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247418000359

Abstract On 22 April 1848, after three years in the Arctic, and 19 months spent ice-bound in northern Victoria Strait, the 105 surviving officers and crew of the Franklin Northwest Passage expedition deserted HMS Erebus and HMS Terror as the first step of their escape plan. They assembled at a camp...