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Re: Bodies From The Franklin Expedition in 1845
Great documentary and shows the bodies being excavated and the eyeballs still intact even some close ups as they remove the covering over the face http://vimeo.com/31724602 |
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07-23-2013, 02:57 AM
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Re: Bodies From The Franklin Expedition in 1845
There was a book written about the Franklin Expedition and the exhumations of the sailors, Frozen in time: unlocking the secrets of the Franklin expedition by Owen Beattie and John Geiger, 1989. It has plenty of good pictures and lengthy descriptions of the three sailors who were exhumed from their arctic resting place on a small island. Torrington was the first examined and best preserved of the three, who died January 1, 1846--his eyes were almost perfectly preserved. There was clear evidence of TB infection---and the corpse had been previously autopsied back in 1846, which was of immense surprise to the exhumation team. John Hartnell was examined second and was in very good condition but not quite as so as Torrington. (Hartnell has the curled out lips due to early decomp.) He was 25 years old. William Braine was the third to be exhumed and was also very well preserved but it was clear some days had passed between death and burial as decomposition was apparent as well as rodent bites. He was also the oldest of the three, about 33 years of age. All three had very high levels of lead, as suspected--from the faulty food tins. A fourth grave was left undisturbed, its occupant not identified but of a later expedition of the 1860s I believe. |
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