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John Shaw Torrington (1825 – 1 January 1846) was a Royal Navy stoker. He was part of the 1845 Franklin Expedition to chart unexplored areas of what is now Nunavut, Canada , find the Northwest Passage , and make scientific observations.
Three headstones (L-R) commemorate John Torrington, William Braine and John Hartnell of the Franklin Expedition. A fourth headstone marks the grave of a sailor named Thomas Morgan who came later in a Franklin search expedition and died at the camp. Note: Image is a composite of four separate images - one of each headstone at the Fraanklin Camp ...
John Torrington dies and is buried at Beechey Island. [139] 4 January John Hartnell dies and is autopsied before being buried at Beechey Island. [139] 3 April William Braine dies but is stored in the ship instead of buried immediately. [139] c. 8 April Braine is buried at Beechey Island after his body is gnawed on by ship rats. [139]
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Exhumation of John Torrington, John Hartnell and William Braine in 1984 and 1986 Owen Beattie (born 3 June 1949) is a Canadian professor of anthropology at the University of Alberta . Beattie gained international attention in 1984 for his investigation into the lost expedition of Sir John Franklin , which had left England in 1845 searching for ...
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A final photo has emerged of North Carolina grandparents on the roof of their home, surrounded by floodwaters, minutes before they drowned due to Hurricane Helene. Jessica Drye Turner’s family ...