Recent video of the extremely well-preserved wreck of Franklin’s ship Terror may shed new light on the many mysteries of Franklin’s lost expedition.
In 1845, Captain Sir John Franklin departed England in command of two specially outfitted ships, Erebus and Terror. He was leading an Arctic expedition, intending to traverse the last unnavigated section of the Northwest Passage. Instead, the expedition of 139 simply disappeared. Numerous attempts were made to find and rescue Franklin and his party, but to no avail.
The wrecks of the Erebus and Terror were not located until almost 170 years later. The Erebus was found in 2014, south of King William Island in northern Canada. The Terror was found two years later close-by in, appropriately and coincidentally enough, Terror Bay Continue reading