John Hartnell
John Hartnell was an explorer in the Franklin Expedition (Franklin's Lost Expedition). He died early in the trip. [1]
Death
Studies showed that Hartnell may have died from a zinc deficiency. [2]
John Hartnell Media
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Graves of the expedition's first three fatal casualties. Hartnell's is the second from the right. The fourth grave is that of Thomas Morgan, a sailor who died in 1854 on one of the many subsequent fact-finding expeditions.