Lost Explorers: The Archaeology of John Franklin's Last Expedition

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@charliehayden3052 Ай бұрын

Really enjoyed the presentation and the detail provided. It was wonderful to hear the excitement in Robert Park’s delivery while he remembered the events he lived through. Thanks for posting.

@manbearpig4974 3 жыл бұрын

This whole expedition is so fascinating

@Alpaholic 9 күн бұрын

Terrific. I've never seen their progress charted on a map before. Much easier to visualize it now. Also incredible to see the landscape (flat, I assumed it was mountain) and actual artifacts. Even the remnants of a boat. 🤯

@auntiear126 Жыл бұрын

Just as exciting hearing you tell it as it must have been!

@scorpiolady73 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful presentation.

@samkohen4589 2 жыл бұрын

What I wonder is if they have been able to get into the boat and retrieve the charts. They have been talking about that for quite some time now

@tonyhenthorn3966 3 жыл бұрын

20:49 Another reason a bunch of hungry dudes might have headed for Back's Great Fish River is the key word *fish*...

@aaronz7056 Жыл бұрын

Speaking of the boat place, what happened to the boat that was discovered? Did it rot away over time after it was initially discovered? Similarly do the cairns the messages were recovered from still exist or did those get lost or dismantle as the decades went by?

@aaronmason7710 Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure the Inuit eventually found and mostly broke down the boat for the wood. Some of the cairns still exist but they've pretty much all been broken down somewhat by either the Inuit scavenging them, or the investigation teams looking for documents.

@aaronz7056 Жыл бұрын

@@aaronmason7710 Pity. I understand they found at least one journal on one of the wrecks but I haven't heard it it's been recovered or told them anything.

@thenumbah1birdman 11 ай бұрын

I'm not sure if it's THE boat from the McClintock boat place, but there is part of a ship's boat from the Franklim expedition on display at the Maritime Museum in Greenwich I believe.

@jamiepalmer5691 2 ай бұрын

It is interesting that Crozier was one of the last 4 alive. That irish ☘️ didn’t wanna quit

@ChrisNoonetheFirst 3 ай бұрын

@55:12 Bill Noone? I'm a Noone!

@RuvimAbaras 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@javierbatista6172 Ай бұрын

This video should be retitled to “Henry Peglar’s papers.”

@Ledwait 7 ай бұрын

How many of the 'um um ahh um' commenters are prepared to link us to their own public presentations for comparison? 🤔

@Jay2tha206 3 жыл бұрын

Should of went straight instead of hitting that left huh?

@garethjames1300 3 жыл бұрын

Nope the modern route goes the same way also straight ahead was ice pack so couldn't go that way !

@kscott2655 2 жыл бұрын

It was full of impassable ice, as it often is even today. Ice pack is incredibly common here and most who actually do traverse through do turn south and follow very close to the route Franklin's expedition was trying to take. Unfortunately, the mid- and late-1840s had some of the coldest years on record and the ice didn't melt even in summer.

@stewartlancaster6155 Жыл бұрын

should have , not should of

@dangordon696 Жыл бұрын

Um,um,um,um,um. Could not finish this painfully listening to um so much.

@charlesd7515 2 жыл бұрын

The “ums” get better as the lecture goes on. Stick with it. Excellent work. Thanks for sharing. I must say his evidence of global warming is light

@justdynee Жыл бұрын

There's no mystery. These guys got locked into ice in that inhospitable part of the globe as most thought could happen. They tried for food areas(Hunting), or the station which both were at least 500 miles off. They found no progress and altered plans, maybe more than once. They were desperate especially when they saw little progress. They got trapped in sub 40, 60, or possibly much more with wind. It looks like some sat or laid themselves down and waited to die. All of it is what you do in that situation. They'd used every last bit of hope. Some actually made it a fair distance. There is not much to learn. And even if there was they took it to their graves.

@zipperpillow Жыл бұрын

"And in this photo, here I am again standing next to someone else who found something...". Science.

@barriejonas338 3 жыл бұрын

I think that the possibility of at least some of the Franklin expedition being killed by the local Inuit is realistic. It has become a taboo subject and it is politically incorrect to question the lifestyle or motives of indigenous people but one of the Inuit groups who inhabited or visited the area of Prince William Island were the Ukjulingmiut who were being pushed to the extremities of the area by the neighbouring and more aggressive Netsilingmiut. All the Inuit reports of sightings and contact with the Franklin party are from Netsilingmiut oral history, since the Ukjulingmiut died out about 1850 after becoming the victims of famine and inter tribal violence. The Erebus and Terror had 14 Marines on board so it could be presumed that professional soldiers might be needed, for defence, perhaps. It's hard to imagine why soldiers would be on board if violent attack was not a possibility, the only likelyhood being from the Inuit. A number of Franklin party remains have been found on islets, either separated by mud or sea from the main island. These might have made defensive positions. This whole scenario is little spoken of. Perhaps it should be.

@biffwellington1782 3 жыл бұрын

That is an interesting take. Of course it is a possibility. Would love for someone to research this and see what they come up with.

@garethjames1300 3 жыл бұрын

All royal navy ships had marines it was standard practice I dont think they were there due to violent locals

@gerrycalhoun9827 2 жыл бұрын

lol you'd be hard pressed to find a RN ship without marines for the past 200 years

@skinWalkman 2 жыл бұрын

The purpose of Marines on ship is multifaceted. Yes marines would be there as a line of defense against hostilities but they were also attached to every Royal Navy ship since the conception of the Royal Marines. They also would have been used as lookouts, scouts, lead hunting parties and in some instances serve as impromptu Master at Arms for the ships. I don’t think they anticipated or even heavily considered hostilities from the local population due to the nature of the mission.

@barriejonas338 2 жыл бұрын

@Alfred Weber I agree. It's just that it has become taboo to even think that locals may have had a hand in the crew's fate.

@karlyboy78 3 жыл бұрын

Urm,,,,,urm,,,,,,, I'm sorry this looks really interesting but 5 mins in and his urm count is off the scale.

@theodoresmith5272 Жыл бұрын

They had plenty of there stuff including personal items. It was the same guy that eary on talked about cannibalism that wrote about it. I think they robbed the bodies. I can't see them risking an attack against well armed men that were clearly going to die soon enough.