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From hunger to horror: What really happened to the Franklin expedition?

From hunger to horror: What really happened to the Franklin expedition?

In 1845, Sir John Franklin aimed to become the first to discover the ever-elusive Northwest Passage through the Arctic regions, opening trade directly from the British Empire to China

‘Permafrost threatens massive carbon release,’ warns Manchester academic

Dr Bart van Dongen, of the University of Manchester, has warned that a collapsed ice wall in Siberia is releasing more carbon into the atmosphere than was previously thought