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The Beechey Island graves of John Torrington, John Hartnell and William Braine: picture

PhotographCC BY-SA 2.5Burials January to April 1846; exhumed 1984 and 1986Copy of The Beechey Island graves of John Torrington, John Hartnell and William Braine
The Beechey Island graves of John Torrington, John Hartnell and William Braine: picture
The Beechey Island graves of John Torrington, John Hartnell and William Braine: picture

The source of the tissue samples behind the lead-poisoning reading; the headboards on the island are replicas.

Ansgar Walk, 1846. CC BY-SA 2.5

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PictureAnsgar Walk · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 2.51 step from the original

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1Beechey Island200 km1200 km

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Beechey Island graves of John Torrington, John Hartnell and William Braine: picture [Copy CPY0D59KCHM6W3D]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/CPY0D59KCHM6W3D
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