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Great Adventures: The Northern Passage

JOHN FRANKLIN

MYSTERY, MADNESS & CANNIBALISM

WATERY GRAVE The wreck of Franklin's flagship, HMS Erebus, was discovered in 2014, but it did little to reveal the fate of its crew
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“Ultimately, more people died during the search for Franklin and his crew than were lost in their initial disappearance”

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