The Final Days of the Franklin Expedition: New Skeletal Evidence

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Keenleyside, Anne, Bertulli, Margaret, Fricke, Henry C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1997
• Subjects: Franklin Expedition; skeletal remains; oxygen isotope analysis; lead poisoning; cannibalism; expédition Franklin; ossements; analyse des isotopes de l’oxygène; empoisonnement par le plomb; cannibalisme; Arctic; Buttons; Guillaume; King William Island; William Island; Arctique*; inuit
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64145

In 1992, a previously unrecorded site of Sir John Franklin's last expedition (1845-1848) was discovered on King William Island in the central Canadian Arctic. Artifacts recovered from the site included iron and copper nails, glass, a clay pipe fragment, pieces of fabric and shoe leather, button...