• poxwole 9 months ago

    One should watch or read "The Terror"

    • dharmon 9 months ago

      I would also recommend The Arctic Grail as a good companion read. It covers the history of the British quests for the North Pole and the Northwest Passage, with the Franklin expedition being a significant part of that overall story. It also really drives home the point of how much the British love a good heroic failure!

      • dghlsakjg 9 months ago

        It is a fantastic book, and a great miniseries adaptation.

        Just a note though, in the context of this conversation, it was written before much of the big discoveries of the ships, and other historical research came out, so it is largely speculative after last contact (obviously the supernatural elements are pure fiction)

        • mrkpdl 9 months ago

          Yes, although the final episode was so harrowing that certain images are burned into my brain. To the point where I wish I hadn’t seen it!

          • bdjsiqoocwk 9 months ago

            Are you taking about this? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terror_(TV_series)

            Follow up question, why is it that in season 2 everyone is Japanese?

            • jhbadger 9 months ago

              It's a completely unrelated story. The idea is it is like "American Horror Story" or "True Detective" where each season is a self-contained story.

        • encoderer 9 months ago

          Many such cases.