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A sea-floor scan shows one of the two long-missing Franklin ships. The masts have been sheared off by ice over the many decades, but the vessel appears otherwise to be in relatively good condition. (Parks Canada /The Canadian Press)

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Arctic shipwreck indentified by Canada as HMS Erebus

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, October 2, 2014 at 20:21 — Last Updated: Monday, October 6, 2014 at 18:56
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The long-lost shipwreck discovered last month in the Canadian Arctic has been identified as the HMS Erebus, the very ship

A sea-floor scan shows one of the two long-missing Franklin ships. The image was unveiled by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper with much fanfare in 2014. (Canada parks/The Canadian Press)

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Found at last! Franklin ship lost for 166 years

Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
Posted: Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at 18:54 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at 22:23
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The well-prepared ships left England in 1845 in search of the fabled Northwest Passage through the Arctic, to the Orient.

Searchers in the Canadian Arctic this summer will try again to find the lost vessels HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, shown in an illustration from the Illustrated London News published on May 24, 1845. (Illustrated London News/Getty Images)

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Search resumes for ships lost in 1845 Arctic expedition

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Posted: Monday, August 12, 2013 at 09:47
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Scientists are headed back to the Canadian Arctic this weekend to continue the search for HMS Erebus and HMS Terror,

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