#this book made me change my college major. required reading for everyone but especially franklin nerds

[petoskeystones]

hello here is a link to download an epub of the 2014 edition of frozen in time w/ margaret atwood's foreword and here is a link to download a pdf of the 2004 edition (also w/ atwood foreword but idk if it's the same exact one)

also margaret atwood's short story "the age of lead" which is kind of sort of about my darling john torrington can be found in her book wilderness tips <3

can you recommend some historical documents / other sources to learn about your ice mummies? :) I love natural mummification, and the franklin expedition, and I need a rabbit hole to fall into

ok i cannot stress enough how much you need to read frozen in time: the fate of the franklin expedition by owen beattie and john geiger. there should be an epub/pdf version around somewhere online if you look hard enough. this book is the holy grail of franklin expedition ice mummy anthropology and investigative forensic archeology and i think it ought to be required reading if you want to be a reputable franklin expedition nerd !!!!

and if you don't have time to read a whole book or are still curious before it arrives in the mail, then good news! you can watch buried in ice, the nova documentary from 1988 which is ABOUT the exhumations of the lads on beechey island by the same team who wrote frozen in time. and then i'm also going to direct you to @radiojamming's exceedingly detailed and beautiful research into john hartnell's life, and also @entwinedmoon's exceedingly detailed and beautiful research into john torrington's life. as far as i know i don't think anyone on this webbed site has done a deepdive into william braine's life but if anyone HAS then I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT.

also here are the autopsy reports for torrington & hartnell.

here's the radiology report for hartnell & braine