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Franklin Records Found as Search Resumes for Franklin’s Ships
An update to a previous post. An Inuit family says a box that was hidden for over 80 years in the Arctic contains documents linked to the doomed Franklin expedition and has just turned the box over to...
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The Star Spangled Banner and the Search for HMS Terror
HMS Terror History is full of strange connections. This week an almost 200-year-old copy of “The Star Spangled Banner” is to be sold at auction house at Christie’s auction house in Manhattan. The...
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Location of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror Still A Mystery
For the third year of a three year program, Parks Canada archaeologists have failed in their attempt at finding the wrecks of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. This year they searched an area west of...
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Ship From Franklin Expedition & Possibly the Battle of Baltimore Found
HMS Terror in ice The wreckage of one of two missing ships from Franklin’s lost expedition of 1845 is believed to have been found. It is not known yet if the wreck is of HMS Terror or HMS Erebus. The...
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The Battle Of Fort McHenry & the Star Spangled Banner
The Star Spangled Banner over Fort McHenry At around 6AM, 200 years ago today, the British Royal Navy began a fearsome bombardment of Fort McHenry at the mouth of Baltimore harbor. The British had...
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HMS Terror from Franklin’s Doomed Expedition Found
HMS Terror trapped in the ice In an interesting historical coincidence, just days after the luxury cruise ship, Crystal Serenity, completed a passage through the Canadian Arctic’s Northwest Passage,...
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HMS Erebus Artifacts Provide Glimpse into Franklin Expedition Sailors Lives
Artifacts recovered during 93 dives by Parks Canada on the wreck of HMS Erebus over three weeks this fall provide a fascinating glimpse into the lives of the officers and sailors on the doomed Franklin...
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