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The Polaris Expedition - One

The Polaris Expedition - One

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This week On Tales we travel back to 1871, to take a journey to the top of the world. Our intrepid hero, Charles Francis Hall has dreams of becoming the first man to stand on the North Pole - but dreams can sometimes go horribly awry. Just what happened to the Polaris Expedition?

This is part one of a two parter (part two will follow after we take a brief intermission for a Halloween special episode.)

Content warnings: Death. Gun violence.

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) by Leanne Shapton

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