To read more about the Franklin Expedition and the discovery of Erebus, go to вЂњ FranklinвЂ™s Last Voyage. In 1845, explorer Sir John Franklin set sail from England with two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, in search of a Northwest Passage across what is now Canadas Arctic. Both wrecks are remarkably well preserved and, in recent years, underwater archaeologists have explored the shipsвЂ™ cabins and retrieved hundreds of objects, which are helping experts piece together the final days of FranklinвЂ™s fateful voyage. The Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site is the first national historic site to be co-managed by Inuit and Parks Canada. Diaries or written commands would make the. Two years later, Terror was found around 45 miles away. If papers on the Erebus and Terror had been kept in sealed boxes or drawers, they may have survived immersion in the very cold, dark waters, she said.

England in 1845, became trapped in ice in what is now the Canadian Arctic. In 2014, Canadian authorities announced that researchers had finally located Erebus at the bottom of Wilmot and Crampton Bay. discovery of Her Majestys Ships Erebus and Terror. Search parties sent to northern Canada occasionally happened upon ominous clues: items left behind by the expedition, grim testimonies from Inuit witnesses, and even a note left by a crewman on King William Island in 1847 stating that the two ships had become trapped in the ice. Erebus & Terror by David Bickley & Tom Green, released 03 January 2006 1. Official name, Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site. The crews of two whaling ships that sighted the expedition that August were the last Europeans to see Franklin and his crew alive, sparking a nearly 170-year maritime mystery. HMS Erebus was a Hecla-class bomb vessel constructed by the Royal Navy in Pembroke dockyard.

Captain John Franklin set sail from England in May 1845 with 133 men and two ships-HMS Erebus and HMS Terror-in search of the Northwest Passage.

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