tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post4576384147717782593..comments2024-03-18T18:05:25.821-07:00Comments on VISIONS OF THE NORTH: New DNA evidence on Franklin's sailorsRussell Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023313195827310776noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-52959949015433698182017-04-27T12:36:25.594-07:002017-04-27T12:36:25.594-07:00If I could write fiction, there is probably a grea...If I could write fiction, there is probably a great story to be told about female sailors aboard the ships! While the tests may have been inconclusive, given all we've learned about this expedition, would anything surprise us at this point?<br />It is good to see field research is continuing. Amazing how something new and fascinating always seems to turn up!<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08685387404989395574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-19533044756079605102017-04-25T19:03:32.110-07:002017-04-25T19:03:32.110-07:00Hi Dave,
Yes, I agree -- the Erebus Bay casualty ...Hi Dave,<br /><br />Yes, I agree -- the Erebus Bay casualty numbers are pretty significant. It's disappointing about the other skull, but having a clearer picture is certainly worth it.Russell Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11023313195827310776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-62819628948058913472017-04-25T15:40:00.861-07:002017-04-25T15:40:00.861-07:00When I read the paper I thought that there were tw...When I read the paper I thought that there were two main evidentiary points. <br /><br />1. The minimum number of casualties at Erebus Bay was so significantly increased, attesting that this was a major locus of the tragedy and not, as usually treated as a site where two boats and a few individuals died.<br /><br />2. That the skull first discovered by Marg Bertulli at Utjulik in 1997, and intially thought to possibly be Caucasian, turned out to be of an Inuk. For twenty years this anomalous skull was thought to be a possible pointer to the shipwreck, which was eventually found nearby, but it seems to have been only a coincidence.<br /><br />And the paper makes a convincing case that the "female" results were unlikely false positives - the media fascination aside.<br /><br />DaveDave Woodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16848609124558741064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-20131114771467047092017-04-25T13:58:25.968-07:002017-04-25T13:58:25.968-07:00If some of the DNA results came out as female, I t...If some of the DNA results came out as female, I think that a comparison to the DNA of present day female Inuit may be in order. It may well be that some female Inuit joined the Franklin camp at Booth Point, and when times got real tough- died along with their English companions.Soloman Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972686779984782545noreply@blogger.com