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Infamous Wreck of Ill-Fated Franklin Expedition Yields More Artifacts, But No Ship's Log

9/28/2018

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PicturePhoto Credit: Parks Canada
Underwater archaeologists have finished their latest research trip to the wreck of the HMS Erebus, a ship abandoned in the Canadian Arctic 170 years ago during the ill-fated Franklin expedition.

Harsh weather conditions hampered this month's mission. Divers could not enter Sir John Franklin's cabin, where they had hoped to find documents or the ship's logs preserved in icy water that might explain the tragic fate of the ship.
The archaeologists did, however, bring nine more artifacts to the surface for conservation, including a ceramic pitcher and an artificial horizon used for navigation from an officer's cabin on the lower deck.

https://www.livescience.com/63704-franklin-expedition-artifacts-recovered.html

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