Franklin Expedition
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Artifacts from Franklin’s lost expedition found in shipwrecks off NunavutUnderwater archaeologists found a treasure trove of Franklin expedition artifacts that are now jointly owned by Parks Canada and the local Indigenous Nattilik Heritage Society.CanadaJan 25
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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."CanadaFeb 20, 2020
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Photos: First look at HMS Terror shows boat from doomed Franklin Expedition intactThe 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.CanadaAug 28, 2019
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Dark Poutine Podcast Recap – Icebound: Franklin’s lost expeditionThe fate of the Franklin expedition was finally revealed, thanks to the help of the Inuit people and their oral traditions.Dec 10, 2018
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Lead poisoning eliminated as pivotal role in Franklin Expedition deathsUniversity of Saskatchewan researchers helped provide new insights in the deaths of crew members from the ill-fated Franklin Expedition.ScienceAug 24, 2018
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Franklin expedition ships officially gifted to Canada and the Inuit peopleCanada and the Inuit are now officially co-owners of the two long-lost ships from the Franklin expedition.CanadaApr 26, 2018
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Project to highlight Inuit role in locating doomed Franklin expeditionInuit knowledge helped find the ships, and now Parks Canada is looking to record that knowledge for posterity.CanadaFeb 14, 2018
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Lasers on a toenail clipping reveal Franklin Expedition diet, cause of deathScientists 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.ScienceDec 7, 2016
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Prairie Lily seminar discusses Saskatoon shipwreck, steamships and the Franklin ExpeditionA seminar, hosted Sunday on the Prairie Lily, focused on the history of steamships in Saskatchewan and even a shipwreck in Saskatoon.CanadaOct 16, 2016
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Parks Canada confirms HMS Terror found off the coast of NunavutParks Canada is confirming that a submerged wreck found in the Arctic earlier this month was part of the doomed Franklin expedition.CanadaSep 26, 2016
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