Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

Everyone needs a hero.

I think it's fair to say that many of us have been inspired by the amazing lives of other

people.

Heroes give us a target, a destination that we might try and reach for ourselves.

They drive us forward and call us to action.

So it's no wonder that Charlie fell in love with the story of Sir John Franklin.

He was a British naval officer in the first half of the 19th century who had a taste for

adventure.

This was a time when people that were still trying to find an easier way to get from the

Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific than sailing all the way around the tip of South America.

They called this elusive route the Northwest passage and assumed that it was somewhere

north of Canada through the icy waters of the Arctic.

Franklin had the experience to get the job done, too.

He was a rear admiral, had served as governor of Tasmania, and over the years had already

helped explore the Hudson Bay in North America.

He wasn't a slouch, that's for sure.

And he was a fighter, too.

On one expedition that ended in 1822, he and his crew got into such dire straits that

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