levels in John Hartnell and William Braine, the 腐化。托林通看上去跟生前差不多。脸上two other exhumed bodies. In 1845, tinned
皮肤完好；牙齿、眼睛与大部分头发尚存。preserved food was a modern invention, tin cans 他体内组织的标本看上去跟刚死去的人差having been only patented in England in 1811. They 不多，而且某些细菌感染处历经严寒后依were made from a wrought-iron sheet bent into a 然存在。 cylinder and joined along the seam with solder
containing more than 90 percent lead. Franklin's
expedition carried nearly 8 000 lead-soldered tins containing meat, soup, vegetables and 尸体解剖表明托林通死的时候正患pemmican － a pressed cake of shredded dry meat. 病。他的两片肺叶由于空气污染物侵蚀变Beattie's examination of tins collected near the 黑，并表现出肺结核症状。还有迹象说明site of the graves confirmed the high levels of 最终导致他死亡的原因是肺炎。然而，最lead in the solder and also that the side seams 令比泰吃惊的是在头发样本中发现高出正of some tins were incomplete, increasing the risk 常很多的铅含量，这说明是急性铅中毒。of contamination.
Beattie's gruesome raising of Franklin's happened to the ill-fated Northwest Passage expedition. Weakened by the physical and
铅中毒会导致虚弱、乏力、精神愰惚、神
经机能症及行为怪诞，远远达不到长期在death had answered the age-old question of what 恶劣的北极环境中生存的理想身体状况。 比泰在另两具挖掘出的尸体即约翰·哈特
内尔与威廉·布莱恩体内也也发现铅含量
neurological side effects of lead poisoning, the 过高。在1845年，罐头食品是一项现代发men would have not been physically able to fight 明。锡罐于1811年在英国取得专利权。这off the diseases that were the eventual cause of 种罐是由精制铁 皮卷成圆筒而成，切口的death.
The Missing Link
缝由铅含量达90%以上的焊锡来焊接。富兰克林探险队则带有近八千个装有肉、汤、 Simonson's expedition returned from Everest 蔬菜，以及压缩肉糜饼（一种用干肉捣碎at the start of June 1999. He has similar hopes 压制而成的饼）的含铅焊锡封口的罐头。of answering the questions surrounding the last 比泰检验了墓地附近采到的铁罐，证实焊hours of Mallory and Irvine. Although Mallory's 锡铅含量较高，并且一些罐头边缝也没完camera was not recovered, various other artifacts 全焊牢，这就增加了食物受到污染的危险were unearthed, including an oxygen bottle,
性。
Mallory's watch, an altimeter, glacier goggles, a pocketknife and several letters from family members. An American documentary team, who
traveled with the expedition, is already planning to run a series of forensic examination on the artifacts, similar to those of Beattie. They hope to piece together the many possible scenarios of
Mallory and Irvine's last day. Beattie's solution 比泰揭示了导致富兰克林死亡的可怕to the Franklin mystery took four expeditions and 原因，回答了许多困扰人们的问题，即什Simonson is not expecting miracles. Already he is 么原因使西北路线探险遭到如此厄运。由looking ahead to the next year and planning a 于铅中毒所产生的身体与精神上的副作second expedition. Next time he wants to look for 用，人们的体质受到削弱，无力与疾病作Irvine's body and the elusive camera, which he 斗争而最终导致死亡。
still believes is on the mountain. But for the present, the mystery of both the man and the mountain live on. 缺省的一环 (1973 words) TOP 西门松探险队1999年6月初从珠峰归来。他同样希望能解答马罗礼与欧文最后几小时出现的问题。虽然没有找到马罗礼的照相机，但发现了其他的物件，其中有马罗礼的手表、冰原用护目镜、一把小刀及几封家信。跟随探险队的一个美国记录片拍摄小组已准备对这些物件做一系列类似比泰的法医检查。他们希望将马罗礼与欧文最后一天生活片断汇集成片。比泰为解开富兰克林之迷作过四次探险，因此西门松并没有期待出现奇迹。他已筹划在明年进行第二次探险。下一次，他要寻找欧文的尸体及那只尚未找到的相机。他相信相机还在山上。可眼下，人与山的迷团尚待破解。 返回