# The two crews travelled separately, by design or by accident.

> Still possible: The two crews travelled separately, by design or by accident.

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Answer · Franklin expedition (HMS Erebus and HMS Terror)

# The two crews travelled separately, by design or by accident.

The two crews travelled separately, by design or by accident.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Identified remains cluster by ship.

## What would rule it out

- Further identifications showing mixed crews at each site.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[All five identified men who died near Erebus Bay served on Erebus; Peglar of Terror died near Gladman Point.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/evidence/EVD0D59K4FT1DYG/all-five-identified-men-who-died-near-erebus-bay-served-on)

Suggestive

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## 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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