Finding the Northwest Passage through the Arctic is big business, it could make you rich and famous. You're going on some of the most advanced ships the 19th century can offer. They've even got central heating! Forget that the ships are the Terror and the Erebus, you'll make your fortune, right? In this first part of our episodes on the lost Franklin Expedition we'll hear about how this doomed voyage got started and why everything seemed like it would be just fine.

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