HMS Terror

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,...