Franklin's lost expedition

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Franklin's_lost_expedition
GPTKB entity
Statements (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arctic_exploration
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:scurvy
lead poisoning
starvation
exposure
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Sir_John_Franklin
gptkbp:crew 129
gptkbp:culturalSignificance inspired literature, art, and television
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:Baffin_Bay
gptkbp:evidence notes, human remains, artifacts
gptkbp:explores gptkb:Canadian_Arctic_Archipelago
gptkbp:fate all crew perished
gptkbp:fleetSize gptkb:HMS_Erebus
gptkb:HMS_Terror
gptkbp:goal to traverse the last unnavigated section of the Northwest Passage
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Franklin's lost expedition
gptkbp:latestReleaseVersion July 1845
gptkbp:locationOfWrecks near King William Island, Nunavut, Canada
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Franklin_Memorial,_Waterloo_Place,_London
gptkb:Franklin_Memorial,_Westminster_Abbey
gptkbp:notableCast gptkb:Francis_Crozier
gptkb:James_Fitzjames
gptkbp:notableContributor gptkb:Lady_Jane_Franklin
gptkb:Francis_Leopold_McClintock
gptkb:John_Rae
gptkbp:notableEvent April 1848 (abandonment of ships)
gptkbp:notableFinds gptkb:Victory_Point_Note
cannibalism evidence
Inuit testimony
gptkbp:relatedEvent search for the Northwest Passage
gptkbp:relatedWork gptkb:The_Terror_(TV_series)
gptkb:Frozen_in_Time_(book)
gptkb:The_Erebus:_One_Ship,_Two_Epic_Voyages,_and_the_Greatest_Naval_Mystery_of_All_Time_(book)
gptkbp:searchEfforts numerous expeditions 1848-1859
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:British_Admiralty
gptkbp:startDate 1845
gptkbp:wreckDiscovered HMS Erebus in 2014
HMS Terror in 2016
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:HMS_Erebus
gptkb:HMS_Terror
gptkb:Francis_Rawdon_Moira_Crozier
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6