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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