Canadian shipwreck discovery solves 170-year-old mystery
by Nationial Geographic on 2 Oct 2014
Northwest Passage Camilla Cove Roger Swanson
'One of Canada's greatest mysteries has been solved,' said that country's Prime Minister Stephen Harper earlier this month upon news that the wreck of one of two ships famously lost in a mid-19th-century Arctic expedition has likely been located.
National Geographic has details of the rediscovery of the remains of either the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, both of which disappeared in 1846 during an ill-fated expedition led by Sir John Franklin to map the Northwest Passage.
Sonar images captured by an ROV off King William Island in the northern Canadian province of Nunavut show the mostly intact hull of a ship – and according to maritime historian James Delgado, 'there is no doubt' that it represents that final resting place of one of the lost vessels.
National Geographic has details of the rediscovery of the remains of either the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, both of which disappeared in 1846 during an ill-fated expedition led by Sir John Franklin to map the Northwest Passage.
Sonar images captured by an ROV off King William Island in the northern Canadian province of Nunavut show the mostly intact hull of a ship – and according to maritime historian James Delgado, 'there is no doubt' that it represents that final resting place of one of the lost vessels.
What's more, the ship's largely preserved condition means it could prove an invaluable 'time capsule' to learn more about the people who embarked on that voyage some 170 years Click here to read more.
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