Note found in May 1859 in a cairn south of Back Bay, King William Island, detailing the fate of the Franklin expedition.

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Note found in May 1859 in a cairn south of Back Bay, King William Island, by Admiral Sir Francis Leopold McClintock detailing the fate of the Franklin expedition last sighted by Europeans in 1845. From The Strand Magazine published 1897.

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