Franklin’s Ships found in Arctic 168 Years After Doomed Northwest Passage Attempt

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Ship found in Arctic 168 Years After Doomed Northwest Passage Attempt

Ship found in Arctic 168 Years After Doomed Northwest Passage Attempt (msn.com)



HMS Erebus and HMS Terror: An Arctic Mystery That Baffled the Entire World

Sir John Franklin’s final expedition’s fate was previously unknown until the wreckage of the HMS Erebus and Terror were found in 2014 and 2016, respectively. It’s still a big mystery in the world of marine research. For some reason, his 1845 expedition on the ships Erebus and Terror to navigate the Northwest Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific failed.

All 129 men on the expedition perished, and for the last 150 years, the story of their mission has captivated people across the world. Will we, however, ever learn the whole truth?

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HMS Terror (1813) - Wikipedia

HMS Erebus (1826) - Wikipedia

History of HMS Terror & Erebus (rmg.co.uk)

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Ship found in Arctic 168 Years After Doomed Northwest Passage Attempt

Ship found in Arctic 168 Years After Doomed Northwest Passage Attempt (msn.com)



HMS Erebus and HMS Terror: An Arctic Mystery That Baffled the Entire World

Sir John Franklin’s final expedition’s fate was previously unknown until the wreckage of the HMS Erebus and Terror were found in 2014 and 2016, respectively. It’s still a big mystery in the world of marine research. For some reason, his 1845 expedition on the ships Erebus and Terror to navigate the Northwest Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific failed.

All 129 men on the expedition perished, and for the last 150 years, the story of their mission has captivated people across the world. Will we, however, ever learn the whole truth?

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Those men had Balls.

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John Rae (explorer)

John Rae (explorer) - Wikipedia

HMS Resolute (1850) - Wikipedia

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Finding the Mysterious Boats

The vessels’ whereabouts remained a mystery, and people thought that was the end of it. It wasn’t until 2014 that the HMS Erebus was found sunken in the Queen Maud Gulf, a considerable distance from King William Island.

Two years later, the HMS Terror was finally discovered in a rather excellent shape just to the south of the island. It’s been more than a century since the boats disappeared, yet here they were, as if waiting for the right moment to finally emerge from the ocean.

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Buried in Ice - The Franklin Expedition Cemetery - Secrets of the Ice

The expedition

The Franklin expedition was meant to be the final exploration of the Northwest Passage – the sea route linking Europe and Asia through the Canadian Arctic. Instead, the expedition ended in a disaster. The two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, were lost with all hands. The clues to why this happened were few and mysterious. The expedition was well equipped for a long stay in the Arctic. Why did it end so badly?

The ships sailed from England in May 1845 with 134 men, under the leadership of Sir John Franklin. They were last seen in Baffin Bay in July of the same year, when five expedition members were discharged and sent home with whalers. After this, there was only silence.

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The Case Has Finally Been Solved

With the discovery of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror in 2014 and 2016, respectively, the fate of Franklin’s last mission was no longer a mystery. While working with the Inuit Heritage Trust, Parks Canada’s underwater archaeologists have made more dives, uncovering more intriguing artifacts.

Meanwhile, the world can’t help but be enamored by Franklin’s story, so much so that it even became an idea for a television series in 2022. Although Franklin’s expedition initially set out to ‘conquer’ the Arctic, the region ultimately proved too formidable in the end.

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Mr. Wonderful and I were just talking about this yesterday. Not the discovery, but the expedition and how amazing it was that he got all his men back home alive.