Franklin expedition ship found – Sails

             On Sunday, September 7, 2014, in the Canadian Arctic, a team of specialists based on the Royal Canadian Navy ship HMCS KINGSTON discovered at a depth of 11 meters located in good condition and standing on its own keel wreck of a wooden ship. All indications are that this is one of the vessels of the British expedition of Admiral Sir John Franklin, who went in 1845 to search for the Northwest Passage.
         

They took part in it HMS and HMS Terror EREBUS. It is still unclear which of them has just been outdoors but all have hope and a second will soon be found in the area. Precise finds place is usually kept as a secret. It is known that it is in the area of ​​Victoria Strait – which is consistent with the traditional Inuit message that there is these ships were seen by them …
discovery came as a result of the great development of exploration techniques. Remotely operated underwater vehicle equipped with the latest generation of sonar provides opportunities comparable to the methods available in earlier years. As you can see the scan obtained by the new sonar is very precise. In addition, recent exploration has been very intense. Since 2008, only one organization – Parks Canada – conducted eight expeditions for this purpose. In the current season to work up to four units. Canadian Navy, Canadian Coast Guard, Arctic Research Foundation and One Ocean Expedition.

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The search for clues and information about the fate of the lost Franklin expedition lasted for over 160 years. Ships disappeared, none of the 129 people did not return alive. The search cost over the years even more lives than all the original crew of the expedition. Have lost another entity. The effect was searching so far haggard. Several graves on King William Island, a few skulls, sleighs, some note, toothbrush … probably evacuated from frozen in the ice ships to land, they tried to get somewhere south but did not give advice, cold, scurvy and starvation them all finished . Shares exploration but also had positive aspects. Archpelag arctic has been almost completely developed cartographically and made contact with the local primary population, Inuit.

The Sunday announced the discovery of a great historical event, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who just two weeks earlier visited HMCS KINGSTON. The northern regions and the NW Passage for Canada are increasing economic and political importance. Canada believes that it is her inner area. The European Union and the United States are not convinced of this …

Final confirmation of the existence Transitions NW obtained in 1851 Captain Robert McClure on lost and abandoned HMS INVESTIGATOR. Monitoring of ice cover in the Northwest Passage began in 1978 then it was not to pass. But the European Space Agency announced in 2007 that, according to the data in the summer transition becomes possible.

Case search “Franklin” well and comfortably so associated with climate unclogging Transitions NW, with increasing movement of commercial vessels, General opening of the Canadian north, hopes for a rustic natural resources and of highlighting their sovereignty in the past and no one needed it entirely forgotten areas. Because I can look them up neighbors … And in the opinion quoted by the BBC, the British archaeologist William Battersby “this discovery is the biggest event in archeology since the opening of Tutankhamun’s tomb almost a hundred years ago …”
George Knabe

             Author: George Knabe

             Published: 11/09/2014 11:14

             Updated: 11/09/2014 11:32