A Case Study: Was Private William Braine of the 1845 Franklin Expedition a Victim of Tuberculosis? + Supplementary Appendix 1 (See Article Tools)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Forst, Jannine, Brown, Terence A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2017
• Subjects: archaeology; DNA; Franklin expedition; Northwest Passage; paleogenetics; tuberculosis; William Braine; archéologie; ADN; expédition de Franklin; passage du Nord-Ouest; paléogénétique; tuberculose; Arctic; Soldat; Northwest passage; Passage du Nord-Ouest
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67721

The Franklin expedition set sail in 1845 in search of the Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic. During the first winter in the Arctic, three crewmen died of unknown causes. In the 1980s, Dr. Owen Beattie and his colleagues conducted autopsies, which indicated that all three may have suffere...