129 Men Vanished in the Arctic and Left Three Frozen Graves

Imagine searchers landing on Beechey Island and finding three graves, with the frozen bodies of sailors still preserved in the ice. These graves belong to Franklin's lost expedition, a British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin, which left England in eighteen forty five. Two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, carried one hundred and twenty nine men towards the last unmapped stretch of the Northwest Passage, and none of them ever came home. Chapters: 0:00 Three graves reveal a lost expedition 0:31 Barrow and Franklin choose the mission 0:56 Steam ships and lead soldered tins 1:25 Crew sails and is never seen again 1:54 A two part note in a cairn 2:21 Searches grow and Inuit testimony emerges 2:51 Hall's vault and a sailor's papers 3:20 Schwatka's record breaking sledge journey 3:48 Lead levels and a scurvy clue 4:18 Nearly four hundred bones tell a story 4:46 Sonar hunts for sunken ships 5:15 Two wrecks found in good shape 5:42 Malnutrition, disease and a new name 6:13 Maps gained and a passage found 6:40 Statues, paintings and a famous play 7:11 Why Franklin still matters to Canada 7:37 Thanks for watching #Franklinslostexpedition #history #facts #documentary #wikipedia