11/28/2023 0 Comments Erebus shipwreckThis symposium will: outline recent Parks Canada shipwreck research in the Arctic present interim archaeological results from the wrecks of Erebus and Terror from 2016-2019 outline selected methods and approaches employed and point to what we have gleaned so far about the Franklin Expedition from these two remarkable wrecks. Erebus was relocated in 2014 and Terror in 2016 following searches led by Parks Canada in conjunction with many partners. Thanks to favorable weather conditions and clear waters, Parks Canadas underwater archaeologists recently got their best look yet of the H.M.S Erebus shipwreck since its discovery last year. to examine: concerns related to marine and shipwreck tourism management. The ships became trapped by ice in 1846, Franklin died in 1847, the ships were deserted in 1848 and no one survived a southward retreat. It is anticipated that the wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror will become a. Erebus and Terror, two converted bomb vessels that were exquisitely equipped and provisioned, carried Franklin and 128 men into the heart of what is now Canada's Arctic archipelago. The Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site of Canada commemorates Sir John Franklin’s 1845 Royal Navy expedition in search of a northwest passage. Henry Le Vesconte on the ship is also the only known photograph of the Erebus.This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "The Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site of Canada: 2016-2019 Underwater Archaeological Investigations," at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Parks Canada attributed the deterioration to "an upwards buoyant force acting on the decking combined with storm swell in relatively shallow water". In September 2018, Parks Canada announced that Erebus' condition had deteriorated significantly, with a 14-meter section of the upper deck detaching from the ship, flipping over, and moving towards the stern. With Tama Jarman, Edwin Wright, Andrew Munro, Fraser Brown. Almost immediately, divers began work on recovering artifacts from the Erebus such as the bell, wheel, a cannon and many others. Erebus: Into the Unknown: Directed by Charlotte Purdy, Peter Burger. In October of that year, it was confirmed to be the wreck of the Erebus. On September 2 nd, 2014, the wreck of one of Franklin ships was discovered in Wilmot and Crampton Bay. What doomed John Franklin’s 1845 attempt to sail the Northwest Passage, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, in his ships Erebus and Terror The expedition claimed the lives of all 129 men and has. Initial exploration of the Erebus has retrieved items including the ship’s bell, bearing the date of the expedition’s departure 1845, cannon, ceramic plates, buttons from tunics and a. The Erebus soon sank when the ice melted. They discovered that everything had been left intact and also discovered a decomposing body aboard the ship. In the early 1850's a small group of Inuit boarded the now abandoned Erebus in Wilmot and Crampton Bay. On April 22 nd, 1848, the decision was made to desert the ships and march south, however Inuit reported seeing the two ships steaming along the coast of King William Island in the spring or summer of that year. On September 12 th, 1846, the Erebus and Terror became stuck in the ice of King William Island. The two ships left sometime in the spring of 1846. In the late fall or early winter of 1845, Erebus and Terror circumnavigated Cornwallis Island before anchoring at Beechey Island. The two ships left Greenhithe in May 1845, and were last seen by whalers off the coast of Baffin Bay in august of that year. The two ships were modified to include a propeller and a steam engine from the London and Greenwich Railway. In the spring of 1845, the Erebus and Terror were selected for use in the Franklin expedition, with the Erebus being made flagship. The two ships performed several voyages to Antarctica before going back to England in 1843. In 1839, the Erebus and Terror were selected to be used on James Clark Ross's voyage to Antarctica.
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