Those were Shackelton’s crew that died of lead poisoning.
They may have but I thought Shackelton brought all his men to safety.
In fact, Franklin’s men died of starvation, tuberculosis, lead poisoning and various other horrible diseases.
One of his sailors - blond, slim and beautiful even in death - died a horrible death from lead poisoning.
A very tragic tale.
Nope, Franklin.
Scott’s expedition to the South Pole was totally lost, but, due to poor planning on Scott’s part.
Shackleton’s attempt was even less successful, but, Shackleton didn’t lose a man under his command (he did shoot ‘Mrs Chippy’ the cat and was never forgiven for it). The support team on the other side of the continent lost at least one to going nuts and floating off on an ice flow.
I suggest “The Arctic Grail” A fine description of the explorations of the North West Passage and for the Pole.
One big shock was that the ship's doctor had done an autopsy on at least one of the bodies. Quite a surprise on the x-ray when shadings didn't match what was expected, and after they thawed the body, they found out why. The doctor had just thrown the organs back in without regard to the original positions.
Not that the corpse, or organs, cared.
No, not Shackleton.