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Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition

Owen Beattie, John Geiger, 1987. Bloomsbury, London.

The account of the 1984 and 1986 exhumations of the three Beechey Island graves, arguing that lead from the solder of the tinned food poisoned the crews and contributed to the expedition's failure, alongside tuberculosis and scurvy.

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The popular statement of the lead-poisoning theory.

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Beattie, O., & Geiger, J. (1987). Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition. Bloomsbury, London. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_in_Time:_The_Fate_of_the_Franklin_Expedition
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