Posts Tagged ‘Victoria Strait Expedition’
When will Franklin searchers discover that dead body on Erebus?
The next step in searching the Erebus, according to Parks Canada’s chief underwater archaeologist, is “to start exploring the inside in more depth, because that is where 97% of the artifacts are, where all the information that is going to tell us what happened is going to be.” Quoted in the digital magazine Tabaret, based…
Read MoreSearching for John Franklin: 2015 should bring major revelations . . .
Why are people highlighting the search for the Terror? That’s what I found myself wondering. The most exciting discoveries will almost certainly be made aboard the Erebus. Last September, with winter coming on, time ran out before Parks Canada divers could investigate that long-lost Franklin vessel. When they return this year, they will have time…
Read MoreCanadian Geographic celebrates the discovery of Franklin’s Erebus
The December issue of Canadian Geographic is billed as a “special collector’s edition,” and rightly so. It is built around the recent discovery of Erebus, the long-lost ship of Sir John Franklin, pictured above on the right. Contributors include John Geiger, Wade Davis, Leona Aglukkaq, Fergus Fleming, Noah Richler, Russell Potter and yours truly. Put…
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