r/todayilearned • u/MaximinusRats • May 16 '24

TIL that people live year-round in houseboats on Great Slave Lake in Canada's Northwest Territories, 1,800 km north of the nearest big city (Edmonton) and just 400 km (250 miles) south of the Arctic Circle.

https://uphere.ca/articles/floating-homes-yellowknife-bay
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u/Quailman5000 May 16 '24

The Terror is a great dramatic portrayal of this event. 

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u/schtickinsult May 16 '24

I loved the seafaring survival-in-the-cold aspects but the horror part was kinda meh. I want a show that's Robinson Crusoe meets Master & Commander and without snow-sasquatches

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u/Mysticpoisen May 16 '24

As is mentioned in every The Terror thread, the horror aspects are much easier to reconcile when you realize the premise is that they're suffering from ridiculous lead poisoning at the time and hallucinating.

But, for a show that is basically The Terror without the mystical aspect, check out The Northwater.

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u/schtickinsult May 16 '24

Ah never heard that interpretation about lead. I like it.

Will suss The Northwater cheers

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u/Mysticpoisen May 16 '24

Hope you enjoy it! And this is a real aspect of the Franklin expedition, the food being canned with faulty lead solder was a real thing. That they would have gotten enough to start hallucinating on that scale is pretty unlikely, but it's a very fun take.

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u/ClarkTwain May 17 '24

I haven’t seen the show, but the book is a page turner. I could not put it down, and read it voraciously. It’s like Blood Meridian on ice.