Iceblink: The tragic fate of Sir John Franklin’s lost polar expedition
It has been called the greatest disaster in the history of polar exploration. Led by Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, two state-of-the art ships and 128 hand-picked men – the best and the brightest of the British Empire – sailed from Greenland on July 12,1845, in search of the elusive Northwest Passage. Fourteen days later,… Read more »
