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[Douglas Jr.]

Originally Posted by kurusu

As a curiosty it was very recently found (last week?) one of the ships of the 1845 lost expedition of Sir John Franklin. They still don't know if it's H.M.S Terror or H.M.S. Erebus.

For further reading:
http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%27s_lost_expedition

I have been interested on this subject since I watched the news about the exhumation of two sailors from the Franklin expedition back in the 80s, when I was a kid. Their corpses were incredibly well preserved.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW_HjhO-cCY

Douglas.

[kurusu]

Originally Posted by Douglas Jr.

I have been interested on this subject since I watched the news about the exhumation of two sailors from the Franklin expedition back in the 80s, when I was a kid. Their corpses were incredibly well preserved.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW_HjhO-cCY

Douglas.

We'll probably have to wait until next summer for further developments. The window to work in the area must be closing real fast.

[kurusu]

Apparently The ship has been identified as H.M.S. Erebus.