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DNA Reveals Identity of Officer on the Lost Franklin Expedition—and His Remains Show Signs of Cannibalism
In 1845, the HMS Erebus and the HMS Terror departed from England under the command of Sir John Franklin. The seasoned polar ...
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The Franklin Exploration
When the ships and crew weren’t heard from ... Composée de deux navires, le HMS Erebus et le HMS Terror, et d’un équipage d’environ 130 hommes, l’expédition Franklin était pour l’époque l’une des ...
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Hundreds of underwater treasures found in 180 year old Erebus shipwreck as explorers face race against time
Archaeologists have found hundreds of preserved artefacts within the remnants of the HMS Erebus nearly two centuries after it sank in Arctic Canada. Pistols, sealed bottles of medicine, fishing ...
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Grim Evidence from the Arctic
The 134 men aboard the ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, which sailed from England ... and that an additional eight officers and 15 crew members had died as well. The remaining men planned to ...
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Canada to keep Franklin Expedition wrecks
The ships became stuck in the ice and none of the crew survived. Despite many efforts spanning three centuries to find the British-built HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, both ships seemed to have been ...
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What lies beneath
In the murkiness shrouding the wrecks of the Franklin Expedition, the mysteries are endless. How did HMS Erebus and HMS Terror end up where they did in the mid-19th ...