![]() ![]() In May 1849, their 3-year-old daughter, Louisa (Weesy for short) had died of gastric fever, but that hardly stopped her from being present. Weesy Puts on a ShowĬoppin lived in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, with his wife, his wife’s sister, and the couple’s five young children. The ghost of his daughter, he said, knew where to find the Franklin expedition. It was around this time that a shipbuilder named William Coppin sent her a strange letter. The country was captivated by the mystery, and Lady Jane was growing increasingly desperate for any lead. By spring 1850, they were none the wiser as to what had happened to the ships or the sailors. Franklin’s wife, Lady Jane Franklin, lobbied the Admiralty to investigate, and so began a steady stream of expeditions to locate the missing vessels. Britain’s Admiralty was hopeful that, within a year, he would arrive in the Bering Strait having successfully charted the Northwest Passage.īut as 1846 slipped away with no sign of either ship-and no word from the explorers-it became clear that something had gone wrong. ![]() Commanding the expedition was Sir John Franklin, a distinguished naval officer with a few Arctic voyages under his belt. On May 19, 1845, the HMS Terror and HMS Erebus set sail from England and headed for the Arctic. ![]()
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