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For those of you interested, the Canadian government has given the go ahead to search (finally!):

http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Special+C ... 271987965/

This should be very interesting.
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Wow! Great news and videos. I have been interested in this case for a long time. In fact one of my passwords is Erebus, the name of one of the lost ships.

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You're most welcome Harry! I was hoping you'd see this.
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Best of luck to the searchers!

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Yes.....

Thanks for that Tina. I enjoyed that.

One of my hobbies is book collecting, and the Franklin Expedition and arctic exploration is the corner stone of that collection.

There was a couple of things the girl said that I don't agree with.

For instance, the three fellows who died early in the expedition. She said the died from the brutal conditions. They did not, though the conditions did not help. Torringotn one of the dead, died from pneumonia and lead poisoning. These were young strong men. Many of these recruits shipped out with unknown or unforeseen medical problems, which were exasperated by the brutal weather. Much of the failures of British Arctic expeditions had to do with British Naval arrogance. The Brits at the time knew it all, and learnt very little from the Eskimo. Those who were very successful living in the arctic, such as Francis Hall or John Rae, and later, Amundsen, followed the way of Eskimo dress.....furs, etc., instead of "wet" wool.

But the objection I have is when she said that the present expedition was the biggest most expensive ever held. Not true. After Franklin disappeared the British Navy had an extensive search for him sending out countless expeditions. Famous arctic explorers such as James Ross, McClintock, Rae, Kane, Hall, Belcher, and countless ships. This included Edward Belcher, in a flotilla of five ships. Four were lost. Also Franklin's wife, Lady Jane Franklin, held her own search, and spend most of her money and the remainder of her life searching for her husband.

Robert Mclure, who was sent out twice to search for Franklin, ended up discovering that which eluded Franklin, the Northwest Passage. (Though the second time his heart was more dedicated to the Northwest Passage than with finding John Franklin, who was presumed dead by then, by most.)

I don't believe any search today will reach the extent, manpower, and money, (1850's money) that was used in the search conducted in Franklin's day.
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The Franklin Expedition has been an obsession of mine for a long, long time. An enduring mystery!
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Tina-Kate wrote:For those of you interested, the Canadian government has given the go ahead to search (finally!):

http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Special+C ... 271987965/

This should be very interesting.

Not familiar with Franklin. Who was he?
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Franklin Expedition news:

http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/09/10 ... er-freeze/

Remembering Harry right now. He was so interested in this!
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Welcome back, Tina-Kate!

Wow, that is a great article; I know Harry would have loved this. Thanks for sharing it with us.
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Announcement by the Canadian Government that the newly discovered Franklin Expedition vessel was the 'Erebus'. This is what was suspected as the 'Terror' is believed to be in very fragmentary condition and under the ice.
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The HMS Terror has now also been found:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/hms ... -1.3758400
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Nice to see you post again T-K!

Thanks for posting that. (though I can't seem to access it)

I have always been interested in the Franklin expedition.

The main portion of my book collection is arctic and antarctica. I have the first editions of Franklin's first and second expeditions, taken in the 1820s, and are corner stones to my collection. A good portion of expeditions to the arctic, starting in the late 1840's right up to the 20th century, were explorers searching for Franklin and making other discoveries. There were big rewards offered by the government and Franklin's wife, who never gave up the search.

Here's a short piece about the discovery.

http://pictorial.jezebel.com/found-perf ... 1786571919
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Thanks for that, MB. Have to laugh, I was in drama group with Jim Balsillie many moons ago. Shoot, too bad that did not display. The link was to a short from Canada showing The Terror under water.

I went to a lecture last year with some of the people who have been searching, and with some of the relics displayed. Harry would have loved it! All very interesting.
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