Guilt and ego require sacrifices from the surviving stragglers as a final reckoning looms in the wilderness.
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In the wake of a massacre, two groups resume the trudge south, but one takes a troubling step to satisfy its starving men.
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Suspicion and panic sweep through the crew after an apparent savage attack, but there is method in the madness for some.
05-07-2022
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The spring sun signals the beginning of the crew’s long trek towards potential rescue, but they are kept in the dark about what their contaminated food is doing to them.
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Sorry stories are shared with Fitzjames and Crozier before the former orders a last hurrah for the stranded crewmen - with tragic consequences.
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Denied the one supply he relies on, Crozier’s command of his near-deserted ship is further tested when the beast gets aboard.
05-07-2022
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November 1847. With more men picked off, crewman Hickey figures he knows who to blame, while Lady Franklin in London despairs at Admiralty inaction.
04-07-2022
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June 1847. Mourning another man, Franklin refuses Crozier’s request to seek rescue, while a trap laid for the beast on the ice results in carnage.
04-07-2022
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Spring 1847. Having weathered the winter, the crews search for signs of the ice relenting. Lt Gore’s group, leaving messages on a barren but known landmass, have a violent ...
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Autumn, 1846. Over a year into seeking a passage around the north of Canada through icy Arctic seas, Sir John Franklin reckons his two ships are just weeks from success. But his ...
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