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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/12/hms-terror-wreck-found-arctic-nearly-170-years-northwest-passage-attempt<snip>
The long-lost ship of British polar explorer Sir John Franklin, HMS Terror, has been found in pristine condition at the bottom of an Arctic bay, researchers have said, in a discovery that challenges the accepted history behind one of polar explorations deepest mysteries.
HMS Terror and Franklins flagship, HMS Erebus, were abandoned in heavy sea ice far to the north of the eventual wreck site in 1848, during the Royal Navy explorers doomed attempt to complete the Northwest Passage.
All 129 men on the Franklin expedition died, in the worst disaster to hit Britains Royal Navy in its long history of polar exploration. Search parties continued to look for the ships for 11 years after they disappeared, but found no trace, and the fate of the missing men remained an enigma that tantalised generations of historians, archaeologists and adventurers.
Now that mystery seems to have been solved by a combination of intrepid exploration and an improbable tip from an Inuk crew member.
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malaise
Sep 2016
OP
They did not know it. It's called EXPLORATION. They hoped there was one.
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2016
#5
Louis and Clark were searching for it through the middle of the continent too.
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2016
#22
Stephen Harper was an arrogant c(C)onservative who hated the guts of First Nations people. . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2016
#7
"Trad" song, but the Bothy Band did it, and SO many others, justice.
FailureToCommunicate
Sep 2016
#16
I hadn't heard this song in years, but this thread made me YouTube it. Enjoy.
TheOther95Percent
Sep 2016
#20
Stan Rogers was a terrific singer/songwriter I got to hear many times...
FailureToCommunicate
Sep 2016
#23