Soup can reopens mystery of doomed Franklin Expedition
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 16:28
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(PhysOrg.com) -- Lead levels that are "off the scale" have been confirmed after tests were done this morning on the lid of a soup can dating back more than 150 years. The findings reopen the mystery surrounding the cause of death of Sir John Franklin and his doomed crew as they searched for the Northwest Passage.