![]() None of the Franklin expedition’s 129 men made it home, but what exactly happened remains a mystery.įor more information on this episode, visit /overheard. Mark Synnott, a National Geographic Explorer, writer, and adventurer, attempted to sail his own boat through the Northwest Passage to retrace the doomed 1845 expedition of British explorer Sir John Franklin. Even now, sailing through it isn’t guaranteed. ![]() ![]() For centuries, the Northwest Passage, the long-sought sea route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through northern Canada, was a holy grail of Arctic exploration.
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