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*** He would have received a substantial pension as a disabled navy captain.
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*** He would have received a substantial pension as a disabled navy captain.captain.
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** Honestly, it was probably a wise choice to stay. He'd certainly never have a job in The Royal Navy again, and no sailor would want to serve under him after such a debacle that literally killed everyone but him. He has no chance of marrying Sophia, given what happened to her uncle. He is too old (by Victorian England standards) to start a new career of any substance. His remaining life would have been of hardship and disgrace, doing manual labor, living in squalor and probably having no friends.
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** Honestly, it was probably a wise choice to stay. He'd certainly never have a job in The Royal Navy again, and no sailor would want to serve under him after such a debacle that literally killed everyone but him. He has no chance of marrying Sophia, given what happened to her uncle. He is too old (by Victorian England standards) to start a new career of any substance. His remaining life would have been of hardship and disgrace, doing manual labor, living in squalor and probably having no friends.friends.
*** He would have received a substantial pension as a disabled navy captain.
*** He would have received a substantial pension as a disabled navy captain.
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* Where did the ''Erebus'' crew get the dye they used for the Carnivale? Enough dye to cover seven large rooms seems like a strange thing to bring on a ship outfitted for Arctic exploration. The purple and violet rooms are especially hard to explain - for centuries, purple was notorious for being one of the most rare and expensive dye colors, and the first synthetic version wasn't invented until 1856, over a decade after the Franklin expedition set sail. For a novel that's otherwise well-researched and careful about detail, this is a pretty big oversight.
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* Where did the ''Erebus'' crew get the dye they used for the Carnivale? Enough dye to cover seven large rooms seems like a strange thing to bring on a ship outfitted for Arctic exploration. The purple and violet rooms are especially hard to explain - for centuries, purple was notorious for being one of the most rare and expensive dye colors, and the first synthetic version wasn't invented until 1856, over a decade after the Franklin expedition set sail. For a novel that's otherwise well-researched and careful about detail, this is a pretty big oversight.oversight.
* What if Crozier DID go back to England?
** Honestly, it was probably a wise choice to stay. He'd certainly never have a job in The Royal Navy again, and no sailor would want to serve under him after such a debacle that literally killed everyone but him. He has no chance of marrying Sophia, given what happened to her uncle. He is too old (by Victorian England standards) to start a new career of any substance. His remaining life would have been of hardship and disgrace, doing manual labor, living in squalor and probably having no friends.
* What if Crozier DID go back to England?
** Honestly, it was probably a wise choice to stay. He'd certainly never have a job in The Royal Navy again, and no sailor would want to serve under him after such a debacle that literally killed everyone but him. He has no chance of marrying Sophia, given what happened to her uncle. He is too old (by Victorian England standards) to start a new career of any substance. His remaining life would have been of hardship and disgrace, doing manual labor, living in squalor and probably having no friends.
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* Where did the ''Erebus'' crew get the dye they used for the Carnivale? Enough dye to cover seven large rooms seems like a strange thing to bring on a ship outfitted for Arctic exploration. The purple and violet rooms are especially hard to explain - for centuries, purple was notorious for being one of the most rare and expensive dye colors, and the first synthetic version wasn't invented until 1856, over a decade after the Franklin expedition set sail. For a novel that's otherwise well-researched and careful about detail, this is a pretty big oversight.
