# The whole party set out together for the Back River and died along the way; the ships drifted south unmanned.

> Disputed: The whole party set out together for the Back River and died along the way; the ships drifted south unmanned.

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Answer · Franklin expedition (HMS Erebus and HMS Terror)

# The whole party set out together for the Back River and died along the way; the ships drifted south unmanned.

The whole party set out together for the Back River and died along the way; the ships drifted south unmanned.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** One piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Remains of both crews are mixed along the route.
- No sign of occupation on the ships after April 1848.

## What would rule it out

- Evidence of crew living aboard Erebus or Terror after 1848.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[The 1848 record states the intention to start for Back's Fish River on 26 April.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/evidence/EVD0D59K30Y3Y2H/the-1848-record-states-the-intention-to-start-for-backs-fish)

Established

FOR

[The five identified men near Erebus Bay are all from Erebus.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/evidence/EVD0D59K38R74MA/the-five-identified-men-near-erebus-bay-are-all-from-erebus)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What did the survivors do after leaving the ships in April 1848?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/questions/QST0D59JZBR0PFJ/what-did-the-survivors-do-after-leaving-the-ships-in-april)

Most likelySome men returned to the ships, and one or both were sailed or drifted south with men aboard

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The whole party set out together for the Back River and died along the way; the ships drifted south unmanned. [Answer ANS0D59K2S43XR6]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D59K2S43XR6
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**ANS** 0D59K2S43XR6

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