Tuesday 9 September 2014

Found! After More Than A Century

   It seems one of the ships used by Sir John Franklin in his ill-fated expedition to find the Northwest Passage in Canada's arctic has been found. Franklin and 2 ships set out in May 1845.
   The expedition over-wintered in 1845-46, but got trapped in the ice a few months later, and never sailed again. A note found on an island says Franklin died there in June 1847, but his grave was never found.
   The news comes a day after a team of archeologists found a tiny fragment from the expedition which they say is the first Franklin artifact found in modern times. Which of the 2 ships they ound was not said, but regardless, it is a piece of Canadian history. Whether or not it helps solve they mystery remains unclear.

TTFN

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