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THERE STOOD NO FRIENDLY FINGER-POST TO GUIDE US

  • Robert Anstruther Goodsir
    • Part one: Australia, 1880
    • Part two: Humble headstones, painted black
    • Part three: Silent for four long winters
    • Part four: “Cabined, cribbed, confined”
    • Part five: Unreliable memories
  • Searching for the Franklin Expedition
    • John Barrow Junior
    • Sophia Cracroft
    • Jane Franklin
    • Robert Anstruther Goodsir
    • Edward Augustus Inglefield
    • Robert McClure
    • Erasmus Ommanney
    • William Penny
    • Johan Carl Christian Petersen
    • Peter Cormac Sutherland
    • Bedford Pim
    • John Rae
    • Frederick Schwatka
    • John Stuart
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Month: February 2020

A fingerprint on the Victory Point Record

Alison arranged for me to be able to photograph the Victory Point Record in London on February 5th. Blowing up my photos, I can see a fingerprint at the bottom of the note.

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February 10, 2020March 21, 2020

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John Rae’s sketch of possible Erebus or Terror ship part

DEE27BA5-30C3-4A01-80EA-AE97506ADE56Copyright: The National Archives / Image: Logan Zachary

“They may be portions of one of Sir John Franklin’s ships. God grant that the crews are safe.”

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February 8, 2020August 3, 2020

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“Beechey Island had been traversed from end to end, every nook and corner examined by many keen and anxious searchers, but not a scrap of writing or despatch from Franklin had been found. The trail was lost, the searchers utterly at fault. Or, rather, I should say, we were like a band of travellers who had come to cross roads where there stood no friendly finger-post to guide us on our way.”

Robert Anstruther Goodsir, 25th December 1880

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