# Some men returned to the ships, and one or both were sailed or drifted south with men aboard.

> Most likely: Some men returned to the ships, and one or both were sailed or drifted south with men aboard.

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Answer · Franklin expedition (HMS Erebus and HMS Terror)

# Some men returned to the ships, and one or both were sailed or drifted south with men aboard.

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

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Signs of late occupation in the wrecks (bedding, food, a body).
- Inuit accounts of a manned ship match the wreck positions.

## What would rule it out

- Wreck interiors showing they were abandoned in the state of April 1848.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[Erebus lies far south of where the ships were abandoned.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/evidence/EVD0D59K4060YCD/erebus-lies-far-south-of-where-the-ships-were-abandoned)

Established

FOR

[Inuit testimony describes a ship with people and later a dead man aboard.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/evidence/EVD0D59K3RC5TQ6/inuit-testimony-describes-a-ship-with-people-and-later-a)

Suggestive

FOR

## 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

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Some men returned to the ships, and one or both were sailed or drifted south with men aboard. [Answer ANS0D59K3GJ331F]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D59K3GJ331F
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