# Keenleyside 1997: The Final Days of the Franklin Expedition: New Skeletal Evidence

> Anne Keenleyside, Margaret Bertulli, Henry C. Fricke, 1997. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The first physical evidence of cannibalism…

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# The Final Days of the Franklin Expedition: New Skeletal Evidence

Anne Keenleyside, Margaret Bertulli, Henry C. Fricke, 1997. _ARCTIC 50(1): 36-46_.

About 400 bones of at least eleven individuals from site NgLj-2 in Erebus Bay, with cut marks consistent with defleshing, high lead levels and signs of scurvy.

**Franklin expedition (HMS Erebus and HMS Terror)** Articledoi: **[10.14430/arctic1089](https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic1089)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The first physical evidence of cannibalism, matching Inuit accounts reported by John Rae.

## Cited by on this site 6 records

[It occurred among the last survivors at a few sites, such as Erebus Bay.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/answers/ANS0D59K7NC6YGS/it-occurred-among-the-last-survivors-at-a-few-sites-such-as)

Answer

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[Scurvy and malnutrition, as the provisions lost their value, killed or weakened the crews.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/answers/ANS0D59K1A814R3/scurvy-and-malnutrition-as-the-provisions-lost-their-value)

Answer

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[High lead levels in the Erebus Bay bones.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/evidence/EVD0D59K12E4WJR/high-lead-levels-in-the-erebus-bay-bones)

Evidence

EVD

[Signs of scurvy in the Erebus Bay remains.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/evidence/EVD0D59K1J279ZS/signs-of-scurvy-in-the-erebus-bay-remains)

Evidence

EVD

[The Franklin expedition (HMS Erebus and HMS Terror)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition)

The mystery article

MYS

[How widespread was cannibalism in the last stage of the retreat?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/questions/QST0D59K0363YTH/how-widespread-was-cannibalism-in-the-last-stage-of-the)

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## Cite it

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Keenleyside, A., Bertulli, M., & Fricke, H. C. (1997). The Final Days of the Franklin Expedition: New Skeletal Evidence. ARCTIC 50(1): 36-46. https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic1089
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