Marine archaeologists are in a race against time to uncover the secrets of an ill-fated British ship from the nineteenth century. Almost 10 years ago, the husk of HMS Erebus was discovered on a ...
AMC’s “The Terror” tells the story of the Franklin Expedition, an 1840s attempt by the British Navy to find an Arctic passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The show tells a fictional story ...
The Arctic has preserved some of history's most famous shipwrecks in astonishing condition, protecting them beneath ice for ...
From a shallow Arctic gulf, a treasure trove of objects from the HMS Erebus shipwreck has been brought to the surface for the first time in more than 170 years. The items could offer new clues about ...
In 2014, officials discovered the HMS Erebus, one of two ships that sank in the Arctic while on a mission to travel across the Northwest Passage. The location of the second ship, HMS Terror, was still ...
QUEEN MAUD GULF, NUNAVUT—The ice hole that leads to the watery grave of Sir John Franklin’s flagship is like a shimmering window, looking back in time. Peering over the edge of a triangle cut through ...
In the summer of 2023, Parks Canada’s underwater archaeology team plunged into a new season of exploration in the icy waters of Nunavut. Their focus: the legendary shipwrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS ...
Archaeologists continue to use DNA analysis to identify the recovered remains of the doomed crew members of Captain Sir John S. Franklin’s 1846 Arctic expedition to cross the Northwest Passage. They ...
Left: A forensic facial reconstruction of David Young, cabin boy on HMS Erebus. Right: An artist's impression of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror on a previous Arctic ...
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'The largest, most complex underwater archeological undertakings in Canadian history' recovered more than 350 artifacts from the ship during 93 dives You can save this article by registering for free ...
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