Today in Horror History - May 19, 1845 England The doomed Franklin Expedition begins its journey The expedition was intended to find the Northwest Passage, a sea route connecting the Atlantic and
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History of ill-fated Franklin Expedition which left Greenhithe to seek out Canada's Northwest Passage
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