Where did the Franklin Expedition perish?
King William Island
Greenland
Antarctica
Iceland
Answer
King William Island was the final resting place of the Franklin Expedition, a British Arctic exploration mission that disappeared in 1845. Led by Sir John Franklin, the expedition's two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, became trapped in ice off the island's coast. The crew abandoned the ships and attempted to trek overland to safety, but they all perished from starvation, exposure, and disease.
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