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In case anyone else was confused, those corpses retrieved and studied in the above article were bodies buried from the same expedition, not bodies recovered fro

by edge17 10y ago

In case anyone else was confused, those corpses retrieved and studied in the above article were bodies buried from the same expedition, not bodies recovered from the sunken ship. Thanks for sharing the clipping though, very fascinating.

gerbilly 10y ago
Yes the dug up bodies were from men who died during the expeditions first season, which had actually gone pretty well. Unfortunately, they anchored the ships for the winter, shortly after those men died, in pretty much the worst place possible, on the western side of King William's Island.[1] This is a spot where all the pack ice from the north west flows to, forming a huge towering jumble of ice. They fully expected their ships to be iced in for the winter, this was normal. They expected to get underway again once the ice cleared in the spring. But the winter was exceptionally harsh and the ice so thick that they remained trapped for much longer than they expected. [1] Known as King Williams Land in those days, the remaining portion of the northwest passage, ironically, was just to the south of where the doomed ships were iced in. It would be John Rae (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rae_(explorer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rae_(explorer) ) who would truly discover the final link.
- logicallee 10y ago
  this isn't related to anything, but out of personal curiosity can you tell me whether you are a manager? (you can mail me at the link in my profile, if you don't want to reply here for whatever reason). I'm just curious and have no follow-up either way. thanks.
  - gerbilly 10y ago
    I am not a manager. Why do you ask?
    - logicallee 10y ago
      Thanks for the reply! I got downvotes before I removed the context, it doesn't matter and I removed that part (but I don't want more downvotes so I don't want to say, plus it doesn't matter.) You can mail me if you want to know.
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by edge17 10y ago

gerbilly 10y ago

Yes the dug up bodies were from men who died during the expeditions first season, which had actually gone pretty well. Unfortunately, they anchored the ships for the winter, shortly after those men died, in pretty much the worst place possible, on the western side of King William's Island.[1] This is a spot where all the pack ice from the north west flows to, forming a huge towering jumble of ice. They fully expected their ships to be iced in for the winter, this was normal. They expected to get underway again once the ice cleared in the spring. But the winter was exceptionally harsh and the ice so thick that they remained trapped for much longer than they expected. [1] Known as King Williams Land in those days, the remaining portion of the northwest passage, ironically, was just to the south of where the doomed ships were iced in. It would be John Rae (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rae_(explorer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rae_(explorer) ) who would truly discover the final link.

logicallee 10y ago
this isn't related to anything, but out of personal curiosity can you tell me whether you are a manager? (you can mail me at the link in my profile, if you don't want to reply here for whatever reason). I'm just curious and have no follow-up either way. thanks.
- gerbilly 10y ago
  I am not a manager. Why do you ask?
  - logicallee 10y ago
    Thanks for the reply! I got downvotes before I removed the context, it doesn't matter and I removed that part (but I don't want more downvotes so I don't want to say, plus it doesn't matter.) You can mail me if you want to know.
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