Franklin Expedition

• Artifacts from Franklin’s lost expedition found in shipwrecks off Nunavut

  Underwater archaeologists found a treasure trove of Franklin expedition artifacts that are now jointly owned by Parks Canada and the local Indigenous Nattilik Heritage Society.

  Canada

  Jan 25, 2024
  
• Coffee beans, pencils: Sailors’ lives revealed via Franklin expedition artifacts

  "You're down there and you remove things, uncover the sediments, and they slowly appear. To see this unfold before your eyes, it is quite the charge."

  Canada

  Feb 20, 2020
  
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• Photos: First look at HMS Terror shows boat from doomed Franklin Expedition intact

  The Terror and the Erebus, now lying in shallower water just to the south of its sister ship's watery berth off Nunavut's King William Island, set out from England in 1845.

  Canada

  Aug 28, 2019
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• Dark Poutine Podcast Recap – Icebound: Franklin’s lost expedition

  The fate of the Franklin expedition was finally revealed, thanks to the help of the Inuit people and their oral traditions.

  Dec 10, 2018
• Lead poisoning eliminated as pivotal role in Franklin Expedition deaths

  University of Saskatchewan researchers helped provide new insights in the deaths of crew members from the ill-fated Franklin Expedition.

  Science

  Aug 24, 2018
• Franklin expedition ships officially gifted to Canada and the Inuit people

  Canada and the Inuit are now officially co-owners of the two long-lost ships from the Franklin expedition.

  Canada

  Apr 26, 2018
• Project to highlight Inuit role in locating doomed Franklin expedition

  Inuit knowledge helped find the ships, and now Parks Canada is looking to record that knowledge for posterity.

  Canada

  Feb 14, 2018
• Lasers on a toenail clipping reveal Franklin Expedition diet, cause of death

  Scientists used lasers from the Canadian Light Source in Saskatoon to illuminate the last few months of the doomed 19th-century British voyage to the Northwest Passage.

  Science

  Dec 7, 2016
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• Prairie Lily seminar discusses Saskatoon shipwreck, steamships and the Franklin Expedition

  A seminar, hosted Sunday on the Prairie Lily, focused on the history of steamships in Saskatchewan and even a shipwreck in Saskatoon.

  Canada

  Oct 16, 2016
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• Parks Canada confirms HMS Terror found off the coast of Nunavut

  Parks Canada is confirming that a submerged wreck found in the Arctic earlier this month was part of the doomed Franklin expedition.

  Canada

  Sep 26, 2016