Franklin expedition

A Parks Canada underwater archeologist works about eight meters (26.25 ft.) below the surface of the water. Source: Underwater archeology team/Parks Canada

29 February, 2020 - 21:48 ashley cowie

Underwater Archaeologists Dive Into Doomed Arctic Ships

In 1845, HMS Erebus and her companion ship, the HMS Terror, set sail from Greenhite in England with the mission of crossing the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean through the Arctic . But this ill-...

Perilous position of HMS 'Terror', Captain Back, in the arctic regions in the summer of 1837, by William Smith.

24 July, 2015 - 15:00 Robin Whitlock

Researchers discover a grisly end to a British naval expedition: Crew boiled bones of the dead

The 1845 Franklin expedition aimed to discover a sea-route through the Canadian Arctic. It consisted of two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror . In command was Sir John Franklin who had previously...

HMS Terror - John Franklin

29 September, 2014 - 02:43 ancient-origins

Inuit folklore kept alive story of missing Franklin expedition to north-west passage

William Barr / The Conversation On September 6, Canada’s prime minister, Stephen Harper, announced that one of the fabled lost ships of Sir John Franklin’s expedition had been found off Hat Island,...