OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian explorers have found the wreck of one of two ships lost in the 1845 Franklin expedition to Canada's Northwest Passage, solving an enduring historical mystery and bolstering ...

Plates and other artifacts on shelves next to a table where low-ranking crew ate their meals. Image: (Parks Canada, Underwater Archaeology Team) The ill-fated Franklin Expedition to map the Northwest ...

Stunning artifacts have been recovered from the wreck of HMS Erebus, one of two 19th-century Royal Navy ships involved in a doomed expedition to locate the Northwest Passage. Officials in Canada ...

Sir John Franklin’s doomed expedition to the Arctic captivated the Victorian public with its mysterious disappearance, fruitless rescue missions and gory tales of cannibalism. Now, a set of ...

A detail from English artist Edwin Landseer’s 1864 painting “Man Proposes, God Disposes,” depicting ship’s wreckage in the Arctic, human bones, and two polar bears having their way with it all, graces ...

The Canadian government has released incredible images of the shipwreck of HMS Terror, the Royal Navy warship that was part of a doomed 1845 Arctic mission to locate ...

In 1845, the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror set sail from England on a mission to chart a passage around the top of North America. Led by Captain Sir John Franklin, the ...

London, UK (CNN) — Sir John Franklin’s doomed expedition to the Arctic captivated the Victorian public with its mysterious disappearance, fruitless rescue missions and gory tales of cannibalism. On ...

Sailors abandoned the HMS Terror and Erebus, but were forced to resort to cannibalism in a failed effort to find help. © Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre ...