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Categories: Articles with short description, Arctic expeditions, Mass disappearances, Incidents of cannibalism, Maritime history of Canada
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Franklin's lost expedition  British Naval Northwest Passage Expedition  Cornelius Hickey  Franklin's expedition  Franklin's Northwest Passage expedition of 1845
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Franklin's lost expedition was a failed British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin that departed England, United Kingdom in 1845 aboard two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and was assigned to traverse the last unnavigated sections of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic and to record magnetic data to help determine whether a better understanding could aid navigation. Wikipedia
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Franklin's lost expedition was a failed British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin that departed England, United Kingdom in 1845 aboard two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and was assigned to traverse the last unnavigated sections of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic and to record magnetic data to help determine whether a better understanding could aid navigation. Wikipedia
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