yeah, so, question in the title... i know it was obviously closer to take them back from where the ships had originally came from that carried the dead, but would one not think for all intent and purposes that for the majority of the grieving families they would want them buried more closely to home, like england for example? the ships had packed them of ice n stuff as well so it wasnt like they would rot too quickly....
and yes ive googled but just cant find any actual reason stating *why* they decided to bury them there...
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