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HMS Erebus (1826) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Erebus_(1826) Dear Franklin, When you select ships named Erebus and Terror for your expedition, you’re pretty much setting yourself up for experiences like this: Both ships had become icebound and had been abandoned by their crews, in total about 130 men, all of whom subsequently died from a number of causes, including hypothermia, scurvy, and […]

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