Canada Just Solved One Of The Greatest Maritime Mysteries In Its History

Canada annouced on Sunday the discovery of one of two British explorer ships that went missing in 1846 after becoming trapped in Arctic ice. In a statement, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harpyer called the event a "truly historic moment for Cnada," noting that one of Canada's "greatest mysterious" had been solve. The HMS Erebus and HMS Terror left England in 1845, led by British captain Sir John Franklin. The ships were headed for the Northwest Passage, but they hit trouble in the Canadian Arctic. Icebound for more than a year, the crew eventually ran out of supplies. Franklin and more than twenty of his men died. THe hundred or so who did survive abandoned the ships in 1848 and headed for dry land, but none of the crew made it back home alive.

I read this before a while back. According to a Canadian researcher the reamins of the expedition memebers found on 'Beechey' Island indicated they had died of colder, hunger, and lead poisoning from canned food. The researches cannot tell of the newly dsiscovered vessel is the HMS Erebus or HMS Terror, however, I believe they are confident that finding the first ship would provide a new momentum necessary to locate its sister. Hopefully, more mysterious in the deep will rise to the surface. Only time can tell.