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The Explorers Podcast

The Lost Franklin Expedition - Part 1

The Explorers Podcast

Matt Breen

Society & Culture, History, Education

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In 1845, Sir John Franklin leads two ships into the Arctic in search of the fabled Northwest Passage. The ships and crew were the finest England had to offer, however, after heading into Lancaster Sound - the entrance to the Passage - neither ship would be seen again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Podcasts or Spotify and see why Sleep Cove helps millions of people sleep deeply all night long. In late July 1845, two English ships sat in Baffin Bay, which lies to the west of Greenland.

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The ships, H.M.S. Erebus and H.M.S. Terror Terror were two of the most sophisticated vessels in the British Navy and were

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commanded by a veteran naval officer, Sir John Franklin. The crews, 129 men in total, were considered

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the finest England could offer.

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Their goal was to map the elusive Northwest Passage, a route that explorers had been searching

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for for centuries.

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It was a goal that would bring prestige and fortune to all involved.

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