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Franklin Sets Sail For NorthWest Passage
Sailed from brittain with two ships the erebus and the terror 129 men but none returned. -
1 of jan John Torrington died
JohnTorrington was a member of the crew and had died on january first at the age of 20 . -
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In 1859 some clues turned up on king william island
franklins crew had left two notes dating from 1847 and 1848 explaning that the ships had been trapped in ice and that 24 men including franklin. And the 105 survivors dicided to walk south -
researchers found three graves on beechey island
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beattie had collected bone samples from one of the franklins men on king william island
beattie had mad an unexpected dicovery. test of on samples have reveals very high levels of lead. -
Dr. Owen Beattie from the university of alberta led a team of researchers to beechy island
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beattie and his research team set up a camp on beechy island were john torrington lay burried
it took them three days to hack through the ice that covered john toringtons coffin -
prim minister announced the finding of the erebus
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Franklin expidition created
