tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post4002954669657314186..comments2024-03-18T18:05:25.821-07:00Comments on VISIONS OF THE NORTH: Franklin-era tin tests positive for leadRussell Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023313195827310776noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-4690986064837710302009-12-23T13:45:46.844-08:002009-12-23T13:45:46.844-08:00Rutger wrote...
"I firmly believe that once...<b>Rutger wrote...</b> <br /><br /><i>"I firmly believe that once we solve what went wrong from May 28, 1847 to April 1848 (even earlier, June 1847), we will have definitive arguments to reconstruct the tragedy."</i><br /><br />Your thoughts?!?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-42880336420974959402009-12-21T12:34:36.318-08:002009-12-21T12:34:36.318-08:00Interesting. However I agree that it is not very c...Interesting. However I agree that it is not very conclusive and attempted recreation is dubious.<br /><br />Pierrexibalbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00224952131898257723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-91392244019442504212009-12-20T04:31:12.127-08:002009-12-20T04:31:12.127-08:00Wow, sounds so interesting,i've only just star...Wow, sounds so interesting,i've only just started reading about all this after finding the image of John Torrington again after years of having no idea where it was fromRubyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02765642983234525852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-63013065839356550162009-12-18T18:05:05.610-08:002009-12-18T18:05:05.610-08:00A quite interesting and intriguing experiment, but...A quite interesting and intriguing experiment, but I have certain doubts on the final final result. Independently on the result concerning the lead content, there is really little chance to reproduce the conditions of the canned food delivered to Franklin's expedition. I will believe the patent was good, and that the intentions of the Admirality were also good, but there seems to be evidence that Goldner was pressed to deliver the provisions to the expedition, and that there were irregularities in the process. Whether he used low quality material or the boiling time was too short for ordinary standards, there is no possibility to reproduce that in laboratory, thus the results will not be definitive. Even the official examination reported in the press in 1852 could differ considerably from those cans actually delivered to the ships in 1845. I fear we will never know the exact condition of these cans. And as you told, some additional unknown (or unnoticed) factor must be taken into account to explain the disastrous development of the Northwest Passage Campaign of 1845. I firmly believe that once we solve what went wrong from May 28, 1847 to April 1848 (even earlier, June 1847), we will have definitive arguments to reconstruct the tragedy. Incompetence of Goldner may have been an additional point, but I do not believe it was conclusive.Rutgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01138412167073652189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-48307794130699709052009-12-18T16:31:53.571-08:002009-12-18T16:31:53.571-08:00Is it horrible to me to hope that someone will giv...Is it horrible to me to hope that someone will give the (non-lead contaminated) soup a little taste? I'm just too intrigued!Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02960783024632783814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-72916637406376999382009-12-16T21:56:44.452-08:002009-12-16T21:56:44.452-08:00I'm excited to know what the results of McMast...I'm excited to know what the results of McMasters batch of Ox Cheek Soup brings. What an interesting experiment!Cambridge Bay Bound Peopleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04516897367194756288noreply@blogger.com