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Sadly, there are many explorers who were lost or died on expeditions – or worse. Whether it was Henry Hudson’s doomed bay expedition, Percy Fawcett’s Lost City of Z or the 1996 Mount Everest disaster when over 30 people died the same day while trying to reach the summit, these are some of the most doomed journeys ever. WatchMojo counts down ten famously doomed exploration expeditions in history.

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00:27 #10: Burke & Wills Expedition
01:14 #9: 1996 Mount Everest Disaster
02:17 #8: The Darien Scheme
03:04 #7: Percy Fawcett’s Lost City of Z Expedition
04:00 #6: Pánfilo de Narváez’s Mexico & Florida Expeditions
04:55 #5: Henry Hudson’s Bay Expedition
05:38 #4: S. A. Andrée’s Arctic Balloon Expedition
06:20 #3, #2 & #1 ????

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  2. Okay this is a great video but the background music is soooooo freaking out of place and distracting it’s hilarious

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