Warmist Stefan Rahmstorf: This summer's melting Arctic ice is allegedly a "far greater" tragedy than the Franklin expedition tragedy, where 129 men died after their ships became icebound

Melting on Top of the World by Stefan Rahmstorf - Project Syndicate

POTSDAM – In 1845, Captain Sir John Franklin of the British Royal Navy led 128 men on two iron-plated steam ships, Erebus and Terror, into the Arctic, where they eventually disappeared. The voyage was the culmination of four centuries of failed attempts to navigate the Northwest Passage – a direct route from Europe to Asia across the Arctic Ocean – and remains one of the greatest tragedies in the history of polar exploration.

Today, a far greater Arctic tragedy is unfolding: the Arctic sea-ice cap is melting....
Walt Meier of the United States’ National Snow and Ice Data Center describes today’s ice cap as “crushed ice.” And it is getting thinner.

Franklin's lost expedition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

After a few early fatalities the two ships became icebound in Victoria Strait near King William Island in the Canadian Arctic. The entire expedition complement, including Franklin and 128 men, was lost.