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Franklin sails from Britain with 129 men to find the Northwest Passage with two ships.
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John Torrington died and was put in a coffin and buried on Beechy Island.
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The first note was written by Franklin's crew and was left on King William Island.
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The second note was also written by Franklin's crew. It was also left on King William Island.
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Searchers find 3 graves on Beechy Island.
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2 notes were found on King William Island. They were written by Franklin's crew.
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The search party found two notes on King William Island.
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Dr. Owen Beattie found one of Franklin's crew on King William Island and collected bone samples. He found high levels of led in the samples. This is what he assumes drove the crew mad.
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Beattie and his team set up camp on Beechy Island so they can collect their evidence.
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Dr. Beattie and a group of researchers from the University of Alberta go to Beechy Island to find evidence and to prove a theory.
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Dr. Beattie and his team get into Torrington's coffin to examineand test his body for lead samples.
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by: Beatrix Chronos
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The first of two of Franklin's ships was found on September 1, 2014.
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After searching for many years, both of Franklin's ships were found.
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The second of two ships was found in mid September.
