James Fitzjames

The Erebus and Terror which formed the fleet had already proved their capacity for withstanding the strain and pressure of the ice flows.

They each carried a crew numbering sixty-seven officers and men, and while Franklin took charge of the Erebus with Captain Fitzjames, the Terror was commanded by Captain Crozier.

The ships were provisioned for three years, and the task set them was to discover and sail through the passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans.

The intention of the government was to ascertain whether or not this passage existed, and Franklin was instructed to go by Lancaster Sound to Cape Walker, latitude 74 degrees north, longitude 98 degrees west, and thence south and west to push through Bering Straits to the other ocean.

The Erebus and Terror which formed the fleet had already proved their capacity for withstanding the strain and pressure of the ice flows.

They each carried a crew numbering sixty-seven officers and men, and while Franklin took charge of the Erebus with Captain Fitzjames, the Terror was commanded by Captain Crozier.

The ships were provisioned for three years, and the task set them was to discover and sail through the passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans.

The intention of the government was to ascertain whether or not this passage existed, and Franklin was instructed to go by Lancaster Sound to Cape Walker, latitude 74 degrees north, longitude 98 degrees west, and thence south and west to push through Bering Straits to the other ocean.

The Erebus and Terror, which formed the fleet, had already proved their capacity for withstanding the strain and pressure of the ice floes.

They each carried a crew numbering 67 officers and men, and while Franklin took charge of the Erebus with Captain FitzJames, the Terror was commanded by Captain Crozier.

The ships were provisioned for three years, and the task set them was to discover and sail through the passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans.

The intention of the government was to ascertain whether or not this passage existed, and Franklin was instructed to go by Lancaster Sound to Cape Walker, latitude 74 degrees north, longitude 98 degrees west, and thence south and west to push through Bering Straits to the other ocean.

Still, it does feel terribly unjust, and after this event, Aylmore is recruited to Hickey's cause out of his own resentment.

So at the end of this, Crozier gives up command to sober up, which he may or may not survive, and Fitzjames takes the lead, and here we have the seeds of dissent which shape the two tribes.

So we've got Cornelius Hickey, who we always knew was special and intelligent and a villain.

He's the ringleader, and Manson, Aylmore and others are gradually recruited as Hickey finds the right levers.

And one of those mentions of Dickens concerns a private William Reed who was lost on the ice whilst ferrying a message between the two ships.

But apparently he wouldn't shut up about Dickens.

And this is mentioned in passing in a conversation between, I think it's Crozier and Fitzjames.

But William Reid is the author of a book called The Phantom of the Poles, published in 1906.

Signed, FRM Crozier, Captain and Senior Officer.

They also say that they will start tomorrow on the 26th for Backfish River, signed James Fitzjames, Captain HMS Erebus.

So from this note, we now know that Franklin's dead.

I mean, that must be

The Erebus and Terror, which formed the fleet, had already proved their capacity for withstanding the strain and pressure of the ice floes.

They each carried a crew numbering 67 officers and men, and while Franklin took charge of the Erebus with Captain Fitzjames, the Terror was commanded by Captain Crozier.

The ships were provisioned for three years, and the task set them was to discover and sail through the passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans.

The intention of the government was to ascertain whether or not this passage existed, and Franklin was instructed to go by Lancaster Sound to Cape Walker, latitude 74 degrees north, longitude 98 degrees west, and thence south and west to push through Bering Straits to the other ocean.

The Erebus and Terror, which formed the fleet, had already proved their capacity for withstanding the strain and pressure of the ice floes.

They each carried a crew numbering sixty-seven officers and men, and while Franklin took charge of the Erebus with Captain Fitzjames, the Terror was commanded by Captain Crozier.

The ships were provisioned for three years, and the task set them was to discover and sail through the passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans.

The intention of the government was to ascertain whether or not this passage existed, and Franklin was instructed to go by Lancaster Sound to Cape Walker, latitude 74 degrees north, longitude 98 degrees west, and thence south and west to push through Bering Straits to the other ocean.