Thanks NormsRevenge and colorado tanker. Northwest Passage is stirring, but not one of Stan Rogers' best.
Posted on 09/09/2014 1:15:16 PM PDT by the scotsman
It’s possible. I do know Mike McCurry was fed up with Clinton when he wanted to...ahem...date Mummy Girl.
Some bodies were left on an island and exhumed in the 1980s, well preserved. The book, which also details the crew’s gradual poisoning by lead-soldered tins, is called Frozen in Time, by Owen Beattie and John Geiger. A good read.
The Canadian government began searching for Franklin’s ships in 2008 as part of a strategy to assert Canada’s sovereignty over the Northwest Passage....
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Maybe I am just dense, but I do not understand how searching for the ships asserts Canada’ sovereignty.
This is a really cool discovery, though. My husband and I were just talking about the Franklin expedition last night.
Canada’ + Canada’s
Here you go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx3iK_KGy54
Oh for just one time
I would take the northwest passage
and see the hand of Franklin reaching
for the Beaufort Sea
Seeking one warm line
in a land so wild and savage
And take the northwest passage to the sea
Stan Rogers
I was also fascinated with the explorations to both the north as well as to Antarctica by both Amundsen & Scott.
I was stretching things a bit, but, the Global Climate Change of 1817-18 and the resulting dicoveries led directly to Franklin going to the Arctic. And the weather was warmer in 1845 than in 1817.
It’s as good a point as any of the Climate Scientist have, but, more realistic.
For those interested in the topic, I recommend reading “The Arctic Grail”, by Pierre Berton. It’s a great history of the search for the Northwest Passage, Franklin, then the quest for the Pole.
Thanks NormsRevenge and colorado tanker. Northwest Passage is stirring, but not one of Stan Rogers' best.
I’m not sure it’s good science to blame lead in the cans. There wasn’t much lead in the cans and metallic lead doesn’t leach and dissolve all that much lead into the stored fluids, I don’t think. And then it remains to be seen if it’s enough lead to cause any neurological problems. I think that’s a case of journalists guessing about something because of all the scary stuff. Not because of any actually scary stuff.
Like the proposition that Romans were poisoned by lead from having lead-lined aqueducts and lead lined water jugs and cups. The problem is with that that the water wasn’t in contact with the lead for very long. I think water would have to be stored for months or years in such vessels to dissolve enough metallic lead to be dangerous.
Best I remember from the article, many years ago, was that it was the lead solder that was used at the time to seal the cans. The seal failed and lead to the spoilage and botulism .
The Roman pipe theory was bunked, simply because the pipes “glazed” over with a thin layer of lime and calcium buildup from the water and after a little bit the water never touched the lead.
Now when they used the artificial sweetener Sugar of Lead as a low calorie additive, Lead (II) Acetate, that was a whole different story...
I really enjoy this rendition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpbvKSr0KPI
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