# Beattie 1987: Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition

> Owen Beattie, John Geiger, 1987. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The popular statement of the lead-poisoning theory.

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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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## What it's used for here

The popular statement of the lead-poisoning theory.

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[Owen Beattie's team exhumes and autopsies the three sailors buried on Beechey Island](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/events/EVT0D59K0B06C8C/owen-beatties-team-exhumes-and-autopsies-the-three-sailors)

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

The mystery article

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## Cite it

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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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