Captain Francis Crozier – The Franklin Expedition’s Last Man Standing

An illustrated talk by Michael Smith Polar Historian

Captain Francis Crozier, a veteran of six Polar voyages, took command of the expedition after the death of Sir John Franklin and led over 100 men in the desperate attempt to escape from the Arctic ice. 

Crozier only sailed in search of the North West Passage to impress the woman he loved and left behind the only written clue to the disaster. 

But the new discovery of Franklin’s ships, Erebus and Terror after 170 years in the ice may help solve the mystery of the expedition’s tragic disappearance.