John Torrington
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title:
John Torrington
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John Shaw Torrington was a Royal Navy stoker. He was part of the 1845 Franklin Expedition to chart unexplored areas of what is now Nunavut, Canada, find the Northwest Passage, and make scientific observations. He was the first fatality of the expedition, of which all personnel ultimately died, mostly in and around King William Island. Torrington was buried on Beechey Island. His body was exhumed by forensic anthropologist Owen Beattie in 1984, to try to determine the cause of death. His remains
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British explorer (1825–1846)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Torrington
date created:
2007-06-29T22:42:48Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T21:51:29Z
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