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    James Fitzjames awoke on the Enterprise and was very sure that he was dead.

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    09 Oct 2024

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    I’ll not have a picture, he thinks, gazing grimly at James’ drawn, damaged face. I’ll not have a miniature to tuck inside my breast pocket, or a sketch made on a winter’s evening by the fireside. It will be my own burden to remember him, until such a time as this cursed land takes me, too.

    Twenty five men return to England. For Francis, this means making a poor job of keeping James from scuttling his career, and working out what a sea captain might do with himself in the absence of a ship.

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    06 Oct 2024

  3. Public Bookmark 77

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    All oddities were temporary anyway! They were going home, Francis would be well again, the Enterprise would soon return to England, and there would be a farce of a court martial before a knighthood for Francis and an easy retirement.

     

    And as for Fitzjames… Well, Fitzjames would be reassigned, of course, continue his meteoric rise within the ranks of the Navy. He would send a suitable number of letters to Francis from somewhere exotic and warm before the draw of newer company turned his thoughts away from the Arctic, and those who came with it.

    After rescuing the remnants of the Franklin Expedition from the ice, Ross would prefer everything go back to normal.

    It doesn't.

    For the Fall Fitzier Exchange

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    04 Oct 2024

  4. Public Bookmark 71

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    James Fitzjames is dead.

    Unfortunately, that does not mean he's done.

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    04 Oct 2024

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    Captain Parry’s third Arctic expedition takes a year longer to prepare than planned. It leaves in 1825 with ship’s boy James Fitzjames aboard HMS Hecla. Master's Mate Francis Crozier takes him under his wing.

    This changes everything.

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    03 Oct 2024