James Fitzjames (Tobias Menzies, left) and John Franklin (Ciarán Hinds)
James Blake/Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust
The Terror
AMC
Showrunners: David Kajganich, Soo Hugh
In September, an awful truth was brought to light.
Ever since contact was lost with the Franklin expedition, an 1845 attempt by the British Royal Navy to find a path through the Arctic’s Northwest Passage, historians and scientists have tried to find out what went wrong. Investigations discovered hints of the horrors the sailors may have faced, including pack ice, hypothermia, lead poisoning and starvation. Eventually, the wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, the…
