Navigation and history of science: Ice, hunger and lead. Franklin’s lost expedition

The Franklin’s lost expedition was a British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin. They sailed from England in 1845 aboard two ships, the HMS Erebus and the HMS Terror. The mission was to cross the last non-navigated section of the so-called Northwest Passage in the Arctic....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ignacio Jáuregui-Lobera
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Spanish
Published: Asociación Para el Progreso de la Biomedicina 2018
Subjects:
Franklin
Erebus
Terror
Arctic
lead poisoning
cannibalism
starvation
scurvy
hypothermia
Medicine
R
Science
Q
Northwest Passage
King William Island
William Island
Victoria Strait
Northwest passage
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.19230/jonnpr.2397
https://doaj.org/article/3742875422b141aea76baf08b728284e
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Summary:The Franklin’s lost expedition was a British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin. They sailed from England in 1845 aboard two ships, the HMS Erebus and the HMS Terror. The mission was to cross the last non-navigated section of the so-called Northwest Passage in the Arctic. After various vicissitudes and losses of men, the two ships were trapped in the ice in the Victoria Strait, near King William Island in the Canadian Arctic. The entire expedition, 129 men including Franklin, was lost. Infections, lead poisoning, malnutrition, scurvy, hypothermia and cannibalism ended the expedition

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