In May of 1845, two vessels of the Royal Navy, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, set out from England. En route to the Canadian Arctic, their mission was to find the Northwest Passage, a trade route from the Atlantic to the Pacific over Canada. But the men were never seen again. This mystery last almost 170 years before the ships were once again found. But these ships were some of the most technologically advanced and well prepared ships for the job. So just what happened? Check it out and find out just what might have happened to the Doomed Franklin Expedition.
#History #Disaster
Works cited:
https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/hms-terror-erebus-history-franklin-lost-expedition
https://www.history.com/news/franklin-expedition-mystery-northwest-passage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%27s_lost_expedition
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