lost Franklin expedition
Inuit Protect the Terror
Parks Canada hired 17 Inuit to help guard a couple Canadian treasures—the underwater wrecks of two Franklin Expedition ships discovered over the past three years. Jimmy Pauloosie, Jr., an 18-year old from Gjoa Haven, told the CBC last week that the responsibility of being employed in the Guardians program made him feel “pretty impressive.” He […]
Finding the Terror
Last week a Canadian research team announced that they had found a sunken ship, the Terror, from the lost Franklin Expedition and that the knowledge of an Inuit man had prompted the discovery. Crew members of the research vessel Martin Bergmann found the wreck at the bottom of Terror Bay, located at the southwestern corner […]
The Fate of the Lost Franklin Expedition
On Tuesday last week, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that scientists had found incontrovertible proof about the fate of the lost Franklin Expedition. Archaeologists had found, and gotten images of, the underwater remains of one of Franklin’s ships. The intriguing aspect of the news story is that it proves beyond a reasonable doubt the […]
Inuit Oral History of the Lost Franklin Expedition
A Canadian writer claims to have uncovered some interesting new evidence about the 150 year old mystery of the lost Franklin expedition. The findings are discussed by author Dorothy Harley Eber in her new book Encounters on the Passage: Inuit Meet the Explorers, which is set for publication by the University of Toronto Press in […]
