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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Beechey Island Graves Part 1

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

In this two-part series, we venture towards frozen graves tied to an infamous Arctic expedition. We follow two groups of adventurers, separated by more than 170 years, and play witness to the disasters that befell them all. Read More in the Atlas: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/graves-of-beechey-island

Transcript

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0:00.0

Way, way up north, far in the Canadian Arctic.

0:08.9

There's a lonely, windswept island.

0:11.3

No trees, nothing just pebblebeats, sit back by mountains.

0:16.8

Even in summer, it can be well below freezing on this island.

0:20.1

Cheats of ice float by in the bay, a crisp wind whips across its pebble beaches, and there

0:26.1

are no signs of life.

0:28.7

Out here, standing alone on this rock, are four simple wooden headstones.

0:36.9

These graves are the remnants of one of the most infamous Arctic expeditions of all time.

0:44.2

I'm Dylan Thores, and this is Atlas Obscura, an exploration of the world's strange, incredible

0:56.4

and wondrous places.

0:58.2

In this two-part series, we are going to venture out towards those frozen graves, following

1:03.6

two groups of adventurers, separated by more than 170 years, and will play witness to

1:09.7

the disasters that befell the law.

1:12.6

Yeah, yeah, so I had a great time.

1:17.4

That is after this.

1:28.2

Iron Man in wooden ships.

1:32.5

A description of heroism never more apt is when applied to those who brave the Arctic.

1:40.4

I have to admit that I am a sucker for true life adventure stories.

1:45.9

The extraordinary tales, the human spirit against unforgiving odds, I kinda eat it up.

1:52.7

My bookshelf is embarrassingly full of these kinds of stories, and included among them, of

1:58.6

course, is one of the classics, one of the epics, the story of the Franklin Expedition.

2:13.6

On the morning of May 19, 1845, Captain John Franklin said goodbye to his wife, Lady

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