7W-03 Franklin Expidiction

Franklin Sets Sail for Northwest Passage

Jan 1, 1845

John Torrington Died

Jan 1, 1846

He aged 20 years, John torrington was apart of franklens last expidition

2 notesfound dating from 1847 and 1848

Mar 10, 1849

searchers find three bodys on beechy island

Mar 10, 1850

in 1859, some puzzleing clue turned up on king william island fanklens crew left two notes dating back to 1847 and 1848

Dr. Owen beattie from the university of alberta led a team of researchers to beachy island

Mar 10, 1984

looking for evidence to confirm a theory. beattie is a special kindof anthropoligist, a forensic one.

beatties later labortory research on Torrington samples confirmed his suspicicions not long before he died he had recieved a high dose of lead

Apr 10, 1984

Explorer Mystery Solved

Nov 20, 1987

Erebus found

Oct 1, 2014

Franklin Expedition Timeline

Nov 20, 2015