AHnoN - WW1 Graphic Novel - 3'r sample group
The Lost Franklin Expedition
Franklin's lost expedition was a British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin that departed from England in 1845 aboard two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror . A Royal Navy officer and experienced explorer, Franklin had served on three previous Arctic expeditions, the latter two as commanding officer. His fourth and last, undertaken when he was 59, was meant to traverse the last unnavigated section of the Northwest Passage . After a few early fatalities, the two ships became icebound in Victoria Strait near King William Island in the Canadian Arctic , in what is today the territory of Nunavut . The entire expedition, comprising 129 men, including Franklin, was lost. I'm going to be drawing these unlucky Victorian sailors for a while now. Far from a Riddle The Terror is weaving between bergs and lilly-pads of ice as it enters deeper into the arctic labyrinth. From left to right this is Lt Edward Little, Mr Thomas Jop
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