This week On Tales we return to the Arctic, the year 1871. Charles Francis Hall has passed on, mysteriously, after drinking a suspiciously sweet, yet metallic coffee. What will happen to the expedition as power passes to the hard-drinking Sidney Buddington? Today we’ll find out. 

This is part two of a two parter. Apologies for the delay in getting this one out there - it took some of my neighbours a week to run out of fireworks bought for Guy Fawkes Day. 

Content warnings: Death. Gun violence. Brief mention of sexual abuse.     

Sources Include:

Fatal North by Bruce Henderson.

Arctic Experiences… by Euphemia Blake

The Arctic Grail by Pierre Berton

This New York Times article on John Torrington (that, shockingly, was not behind a paywall)

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