[miss marmelstein]

Yes! You may very well be right. In just a cursory glance, it is now being said that the lead poisoning came not from the canned foods but the water supply. (In my humble opinion, probably both!) Scurvy was one of the most prevalent and easily treatable diseases, I think.

I don’t post photos but if you do, can you find the photo of the preserved corpse of one of the sailors - he has long blond hair. He apparently died a violent and terrible death, may God bless him. (If you can’t don’t worry about it!!!)

[Conan the Librarian]

And don’t forget the two guys buried on Beechey Island, and, Franklin himself, who died en-route and was buried at sea.

Sorry for all the post folks. I am fascinated by the Arctic Explorers and have read a number of books. I am enthusiastic about it.

[kiryandil]

In just a cursory glance, it is now being said that the lead poisoning came not from the canned foods but the water supply.

It was a brand-new fresh water distillation system, with unoxidized lead piping.

Betcha that the water tasted somewhat sweet, and "good".

[JoeProBono]

The mummified body of John Torrington, a sailor aboard the doomed Franklin expedition to the arctic, discovered on Beechy Island.