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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:Arctic_exploration
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Franklin_Expedition
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gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:crew
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129
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gptkbp:fate
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All crew perished
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gptkbp:goal
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Discover Northwest Passage
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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John Franklin Expedition
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Arctic_exploration
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gptkbp:lastContact
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July 1845
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gptkbp:latestReleaseVersion
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gptkb:Baffin_Bay
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gptkbp:leader
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gptkb:Sir_John_Franklin
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gptkbp:locationOfWrecks
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Near King William Island
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gptkbp:memorial
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gptkb:Franklin_Memorial,_Waterloo_Place,_London
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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Cannibalism reported
Crew abandoned ships
Final abandonment April 1848
First major Royal Navy Arctic disaster
First wintered at Beechey Island
Inuit oral histories describe fate
Lead poisoning suspected
No survivors found
Scurvy suspected
Ships became icebound
Starvation suspected
Survivors attempted overland escape
Three crew died at Beechey Island
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gptkbp:notableMember
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gptkb:Francis_Crozier
gptkb:James_Fitzjames
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gptkbp:notablePlace
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gptkb:Erebus_Bay
gptkb:Beechey_Island
gptkb:Victory_Point_Note
gptkb:King_William_Island
gptkb:Victoria_Strait
gptkb:Terror_Bay
Crew remains
Personal belongings recovered
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gptkbp:searchEfforts
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Numerous 19th-century searches
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gptkbp:shipUsed
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gptkb:HMS_Erebus
gptkb:HMS_Terror
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gptkbp:sponsor
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gptkb:British_Admiralty
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gptkbp:startDate
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1845
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gptkbp:subjectOf
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Books
Documentaries
TV series 'The Terror'
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gptkbp:wreckDiscovered
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gptkb:HMS_Erebus_(2014)
gptkb:HMS_Terror_(2016)
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Northwest_Passage_expeditions
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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