In 1845, two ships and 129 men vanished into the Arctic darkness. The Franklin Expedition, led by Sir John Franklin, set out to find the Northwest Passage. This is the chilling true story of how Britain's most advanced Arctic expedition ended in madness, death and cannibalism. This compilation covers the mysterious disappearances of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror and the clues revealed by the Inuit who ended up with some of the dead men's possessions. What led them to cannibalism? What secrets do the perfectly preserved bodies in the ice still hold?

65-min. DVD