Book recovered from Franklin ship could show whether other written items are salvageable: historian
A leather-bound folio found in one of Capt. John Franklin’s doomed ships might just show how recoverable other documents might be
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Royal Canadian Navy ship completes Northwest Passage journey for first time since 1954
Vessel travelled same route as the ill-fated Franklin expedition 175 years ago For the first time since 1954, a Royal
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DNA confirmed identity of HMS Erebus engineer — and raises more questions in Franklin Expedition mystery in Arctic Canada
Pandemic forces another delay in exploration of shipwrecks but other work continues Jonathan Gregory didn’t think too much about the
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HMS Terror’s ‘incredible’ condition may offer new clues to Franklin Expedition mystery
The first systematic exploration of the interior of HMS Terror is offering Parks Canada underwater archeologists the tantalizing prospect that
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Archeologists dive back into Franklin mystery in Arctic Canada
A Parks Canada research team is en route to the underwater wrecks of Sir John Franklin’s ships in an effort
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Parks Canada battles Arctic ice to explore crumbling Franklin expedition wreck
Parks Canada may be in a race against time to research the HMS Erebus as rough Arctic weather conditions badly
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Tragedies in hamlet in Arctic Canada sparking talk of a Franklin ‘curse’
Some residents of an Arctic hamlet located near the Franklin shipwrecks have linked a spate of tragic deaths in the
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Blog – Franklin expedition: How a doomed Arctic voyage presaged transpolar flights
Last month, I flew from Los Angeles to Hong Kong on one of those sleek jets that fuse heaven and
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First Canadian and Inuit-owned artifacts from Franklin wreck revealed to public
9 artifacts jointly owned by Canada and the Inuit Heritage Trust were revealed to the world Tuesday. Nine artifacts from
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Interview – Hair samples from Franklin expedition member show high lead levels
When Sir John Franklin left Britain with two ships and 129 sailors in 1845, it was to be an epic
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Arctic shipwreck confirmed as Franklin expedition’s missing HMS Terror
Canadian officials have confirmed that a shipwreck found in uncharted waters of a remote Arctic bay earlier this month is
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Arctic hamlet set to celebrate historic discovery of second Franklin expedition shipwreck
Residents of Gjoa Haven, a tiny Inuit hamlet in the Canadian Arctic, and the crew of a research vessel that
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Sir John Franklin’s long-lost HMS Terror found: The Guardian
HMS Terror, one of Sir John Franklin’s two ships lost in the doomed 1845 Franklin Expedition, has been found in “in
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Arctic shipwreck indentified by Canada as HMS Erebus
The long-lost shipwreck discovered last month in the Canadian Arctic has been identified as the HMS Erebus, the very ship
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Found at last! Franklin ship lost for 166 years
The well-prepared ships left England in 1845 in search of the fabled Northwest Passage through the Arctic, to the Orient.
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