Jul 24, 2010

Canadian archaeologists hunt long-lost Arctic explorers



(BBC) It has been more than 150 years since Capt Sir John Franklin and his 128 men perished in the Canadian Arctic, their ships lost in one of the greatest disasters of British polar exploration.
Now, a Canadian archaeological team is en route to the Arctic in a fresh hunt for Franklin's ships. Continued

Image: "Man Proposes God Disposes" 1864 oil painting by Sir Edwin Landseer. Allegedly a reference to Franklin's Lost Expedition (Wikipedia).

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