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Ttrimaris.bsky.social

Heute war es soweit: Ein Denkmal für den #Oberlausitzer#Sorben#Miertsching#Inuktitut-Dolmetscher#FranklinExpedition#Nordwestpassage beteiligt. Fotos: Hubert Sauer

Auf dem Foto singt ein gemischer Chor mit Frauen in sorbischer Tracht unter großen Bäumen vor einem mit einer sorbischen Flagge verhüllten Monument, neben dem eine steinerne Bank steht.
Auf dem Foto stehen Frauen in sorbischer Tracht, davor ein Gedenkstein, von dem gerade eine sorbische Flagge entfernt wird, die ihn zuvor noch verhüllt hatte.
Das Bild zeigt ein Denkmal - einen Findling, an den eine Tafel montiert ist, die oben die Silhouette eines Schiffs zeigt, darunter Namen und Daten der geehrten Person Johann August Miertsching in sorbischer und deutscher Sprache
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Ttrimaris.bsky.social

Niels Jannasch, long-time director of the Canadian Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax, had sailed on the Passat after World War II. He was the grandson of Johann August #Miertsching#NorthwestPassage#FranklinExpedition.

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Wwolfgangns.bsky.social

Heute wurde bekannt, dass ein auf King William Island gefundener Unterkiefer dem Kapitän der Franklin Expedition, James Fitzjames, zugeordnet werden konnte. Der Knochen enthält Schnitte, so dass man von Kannibalismus ausgeht. :( #franklinexpedition#nordwestpassage#jamesfitzjames#kannibalismus

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Afingerpost.bsky.social

A very happy birthday to Alexander McDonald, born in Laurencekirk #OTD#HMSTerror#FranklinExpedition@scottpolar.bsky.social holds some of his letters: each one sealed with a blood red skull.

Image is of an oil painting of an impossibly beautiful young man. He looks early 20s, perhaps. His hair is red-gold and frames his face. And what a face. His eyes are mid-brown. His cheeks are slightly flushed. The portrait is of Alexander McDonald, a surgeon who learned his trade on whaling ships before joining the Franklin Expedition in 1845 and honestly. #SurgicalTwink Item number ZBA4548, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Presented by Mrs A N Dew, 2007.
Image shows a roughly circular blob of bright red sealing wax. In the centre of the wax is the impression of a human skull.
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Afingerpost.bsky.social

#OTD#FranklinExpedition. Penny wanted to beat Team Navy - led by Horatio Austin - and get his side of the story over to the Admiralty first.

William Penny by Stephen Pearce. Oil on canvas, 1853, 50 1/8 in. x 39 3/8 in. (1273 mm x 1000 mm). Bequeathed by John Barrow, 1899. Primary Collection, NPG 1209. © National Portrait Gallery, London #ISawHimFirst
Sir Horatio Thomas Austin by Stephen Pearce. Oil on canvas, 1860, 15 3/8 in. x 12 3/4 in. (390 mm x 324 mm). Bequeathed by John Barrow, 1899. Primary Collection NPG 1218, © National Portrait Gallery, London. Austin was Commodore of the Royal Navy's 1850-51 search for the Franklin Expedition: HMS Resolute (Austin), HMS Assistance (Captain Erasmus Ommanney), and two steam tenders, HMS Pioneer (Lt Sherard Osborn) and HMS Intrepid (Lt John Bertie Cator). Team Navy's brass were not fond of Team Whaler, which was Captain Penny. Drama would ensue.
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LT3followsso.bsky.social

On August 18, the weather had calmed & Beattie's team continued their work. They cleared off the coffin & removed the lid. The inside was filled with a block of ice. Using heated water, they slowly thawed the ice, the body inside gradually coming into view… #FranklinExpedition#JohnTorrington

A short, narrow coffin sitting in a hole. The coffin is covered in dark blue fabric with white lines along the sides and crossing through the middle. A plaque is attached near the head of the coffin and a blue and white arrow lays at the foot.
A rusted metal plaque. It's blue-green and has white writing. The writing says, "JOHN TORRINGTON DIED JANUARY 1ST 1846 AGED 20 YEARS."
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