Rasor Bibliography

View entry no. 1674

Full entry text:

Beattie, Owen & Geiger, John. Frozen in Time: Unlocking the Secrets of the Franklin Expedition. New York: Dutton; London: Bloomsbury; Vancouver: Greystone, 1987, 1988, 2004, xi, 180 pp. Alternate subtitle: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition; "perennial mystery"; HMS Erebus & Terror, departed 1845, 129 total crew; Beattie, 4 expeditions, 1980s; tests on 3 exhumed bodies; conclusion: lead poisoning from defective tin cans; officers died faster & sooner.

Categories:

19th C. (1800-1899); Arctic; Franklin, John; health; Royal Navy; ship;

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, Arctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, North Pole, Top of the World , Franklin, John, Arctic expedition, search for Franklin, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, Royal Navy, Britain, England, ship, boat, vessel