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“European explorers ignoring indigenous geographical names and creating their own was all about ego, honor, and power, and some sense that having someone speak your name while pointing to an island or a strait was the closest one could get to everlasting life on Earth. In the relentless drive for discovery, the planet seemed to be their plaything.”
― Paul Watson, Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition

“Like Shakespeare, it seems the Franklin tale never grows old because people of each generation can read into it what they want, or need, to see.”
― Paul Watson, Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition