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He set sail with 129 men, none of them. Two of Franklin's ships the Erebus and the Trror were never found.
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20 years old.
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The two notes explained that the expiditions ships had become trapped in the ice. It said 21 men had died (including Franklin) and the other 105 men had decided to walk south to find open water. The crew had dragged a boat with to skeletons on it,loads of silk hankerchiefs, button polish and curtain rods.
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Dr. Beattie found bone samples and sent them to a lab to be tested. The bones came back with a very high level of lead in them. Lead can drive a person literally mad. Had it driven Franklins crew mad?
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Dr. Beattie led a team of researchers to Beechey Island to confirm a theory he had three years ago. Beattie needed more evidence and the best would come from the crews hair or nails. The skeletons that were burried on Beechey island and they found
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Dr. Beattie found John Torringtons body that was frozen for 138 years. Beattie took samples of his organs,fingernails,hair and bones. Dr.Beattie sent his samples into a lab and they found out John had a high dose of lead inside him, It was not enough led to kill him but it made him weak enough he could'nt fight off other deseases.
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