social studies chapter 2 time line

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  • Sir John Franklin set sail

    Sir John Franklin set sail
    Sir John Franklin set sail from Britain in 1845 with 129 men. None came home. :( (The expedition ended in 1848.)

  • John Torringtons death.

    John Torringtons death.
    He died because of a high dose of lead. The cans that stored the food were contaminated with lead. He died at age 20. A member of Sir John Fanklins last expedition.

  • Note

    Note
    Franklin's crew left two notes first one was from 1847 found in 1859.

  • Another note

    Another note
    Franklin's crew left two notes, the second note found written in 1848 found in 1859. The note explained that the expeditions ship where trapped in ice and that 24 men had died including Franklin. and the survivors started to walk south to find open water.

  • Searchers find three graves

    Searchers find three graves
    Searchers find three graves from Sir John Franklin's expedition. the graves found on Beechey Island. Four years after Torrington's death.

  • Some odd clues

    Some odd clues
    Some puzzling clues turned up on King William Island. About the notes.

  • Bones

    Bones
    Beattie went to Beechey Island a took bone samples from a skeletal of one of the men. On King William Island. Found out that the samples had very high levels of lead. And lead can drive you mad. But the samples he had were not good enough. He needed some of the crew's hair and nails. He needed hair and nails from Beechey Island, where John Torrington was.

  • Found.

    Found.
    A Dr. Owen Beattie from the U of A led a team of researchers to Beechey Island looking for evidence on how they died.

  • Samples

    Samples
    Beattie went to Beechey Island to get samples from Torrington's body. He set up camp with a team of researchers. It took them days to hack through the ice that covered his coffin and his body. It has been 138 years. They took the samples of organs, bones, fingernails, and hair. Also, they left a note saying what they had done. The lead had not killed the men but the mans body's where weak to fight off other problems they had. Like tuberculosis and pneumonia.

  • Explorer Mystery Solved (article)

    Explorer Mystery Solved (article)
    Article was written by Beatrix Chronos in Edmonton in 1987.

  • The Ship of Erebus

    They found the ship in September of 2014 on the Island of King William. The expedition to find the ship was by Parks Canada.

  • The Ship of Terror

    The ship as found in September 2016. It was found in Terror Bay further north than King William Island