Arctic explorer Charles B. Henry

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Was American pioneer eaten by his desperate colleagues? Family of Arctic explorer claim he was cannibalized during ill-fated scientific expedition

Private Charles B. Henry (left) was one of 25 men on the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (right) in 1881, America's first scientific exploration of northern Canada that only seven men survived. Henry was shot to death for repeatedly stealing food from the starving camp that was low on supplies and waiting for a rescue ship. Dead men from the camp were allegedly discovered to have had the flesh stripped off their bodies. Henry's relatives want to have his remains exhumed so they can find out once and for all what happened to him.