Gnawing hunger: was cannibalism key to 19th c. Arctic expedition survival?

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Mail on Sunday:

Was American pioneer EATEN by his desperate colleagues? Family of Arctic
explorer claim he was cannibalized during ill-fated scientific expedition

⁍ Private Charles B. Henry was just 16 when he joined the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition in 1881
⁍ The 25-men team launched America's first scientific exploration of northern Canada, but only seven survived
⁍ Henry was shot to death for repeatedly stealing food from starving camp low on supplies waiting for rescue
⁍ Dead men from the camp were allegedly discovered to have had the flesh stripped off their bodies
⁍ Henry's relatives want to have his remains exhumed so they can find out once and for all what happened

the story at link above

 

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Detailing the expedition and rescue attempts:

Disaster at Lady Franklin Bay

-- Naval History Magazine