Started by Marcus Thompson (@marcus_t) ·
the Franklin expedition wrecks were found in 2014 and 2016
129 men vanished looking for the Northwest Passage in the 1840s. Inuit testimony about where the ships went was ignored for 150 years and turned out to be right.
6 sources · 57 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “franklin expedition what happened”
- Ended at
- “inuit oral history franklin terror bay”
The Trail
- “franklin expedition what happened” (google.com)
- Franklin's lost expedition (en.wikipedia.org)
- HMS Erebus (1826) (en.wikipedia.org)
- HMS Terror (1813) (en.wikipedia.org)
- Northwest Passage (en.wikipedia.org)
- “inuit oral history franklin terror bay” (google.com)
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