A view from terrors and erebus quarterdeck in early may 1845. Hms erebus and hms terror, sailing together to find the northwest passage, were both lost at sea 170 years ago. The find comes almost exactly two years after parks canada located hms erebus, terrors sister ship, and is already being hailed by those familiar with the franklin story as a major step in helping solve the mystery of what happened during the illfated 18451848 expedition. Mysterious lost ships, hms terror and erebus, reveal new. Fifteen artifacts have now been pulled from the wreck site, located in queen maud gulf between victoria island and mainland canada. In 1845, british explorer sir john franklin set out on a voyage to find the northwest passage the sea route linking the atlantic ocean to the pacific. It was named for hms erebus and hms terror, the vessels used by sir james clark ross in exploring these waters in 184243 this region contains tabular icebergs. Shipwrecks of hms terror and erebus discovered in the. Map showing mcclures route across the northwest passage. Erebus the story of a ship book also available for read online, mobi, docx and mobile and kindle reading.
Its location in the queen maud gulf, off the west coast of the adelaide peninsula, confirmed inuit traditional stories and archaeological evidence about the fate of franklins men. It was an exceptionally good year for his journey, an anomaly in the. The biodiversity heritage library works collaboratively to make biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community. This book terrorerebus lostfound is abso0lutely fantastic it takes you on the. See more ideas about franklin expedition, arctic and canadian history.
Sir james clark ross, british explorer known for his exploration of the arctic with sir william parry and his uncle, sir john ross, and in particular, his own antarctic expedition from 1839 to 1843. The erebus was discovered in 2014, located in the queen maud gulf south of canadas king william island, a publicprivate partnership led by parks canada, countrys national parks service. Crew of the hms terror, stuck in the ice and commanded by the british admiral george back 17961878, salvaging lifeboats and provisions east of the frozen strait, during the frozen strait. Before leaving on the franklin expedition, both erebus and terror underwent heavy modifications for the journey. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. By authority of the lords commissioners of the admiralty. Experts have now confirmed that the shipwreck uncovered last month was the hms erebus. A lot of the data on yr is free to use in applications and services. The dashed line at left shows the flight path the crew probably thought they were on. In 1846, they got stranded in ice near king william.
Richardson, john, sir, 17871865 gray, john edward, 18001875 ross, james clark, sir, 18001862 erebus ship. My interest in the franklin expedition, and in polar exploration, generally, was inspired by watching the amc miniseries the terror earlier this year my favorite narrative read that touched on the expedition was michael palins recent book, erebus. Main object was to map 2000 miles of coastline, look for lost islands, etc. Sir john franklins hms terror believed found in arctic. What effect does the finding of the hms erebus have on. Erebus crash site map nzhistory, new zealand history online. Map of erebus unofficial ffh2 map civfanatics forums. Taught to play guitar by his older brother and his friends he quickly began writing songs of his own and formed a band with his brother in high school. The search for the illfated hms erebus and hms terror, headed by british explorer sir john franklin, involved six major expeditions since 2008 that scoured the seabed in the farflung and frigid.
Canada locates british explorer ship lost in 1846 gulftimes. What effect does the finding of the hms erebus have on existing franklin expedition theories. He also drew for hall a detailed map based on his recollection of what he and others. Pdf download erebus the story of a ship free unquote books. Uncovering the secrets of john franklins doomed voyage. I love the idea of having maps that cater to each civs native terrain. As might be expected, the column reported all manner of snippets of news on subjects connected with her majestys navy. Researchers believe they have found the remains of hms terror, the second of the two missing ships of sir john franklins doomed 1845 expedition to the northwest passage the discovery in the. Throughout the season, archaeologists brought up artefacts from the upper deck and part of the lower, including guns, part of. The search for h m ships erebus and terror edited version of the presentation by joe ofarrell to the mcclintock winter school, dundalk, co louth, ireland. Two 100foot military ships, reinforced with iron and crewed by men and officers experienced in the arctic, set out to find the fabled northern sea route from europe to asia. Hms erebus is a heclaclass bomb vessel constructed by the royal navy in pembroke.
Richardson, john, sir, 17871865 gray, john edward, 1800. As might be expected, the column reported all manner of snippets of. Honestly, dont name ships terror and erebus a greek god of darkness, born from chaos, as well as the name of a mythological gateway to the underworld if. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer. Sir john franklins 1846 expedition to find the northwest passage was lost to the last man, with little historical evidence about the cause of one of the greatest of arctic exploration disasters. In 2014, during the sixth year of parks canadas renewed search effort for the missing ships, search teams found the wreck of hms erebus. One ship, two epic voyages, and the greatest naval mystery of all time michael palin driven by a passion for travel and history and a love of ships and the sea, former monty python stalwart and beloved television globetrotter michael palin explores the world of hms erebus, last seen on an illfated voyage to chart the northwest passage.
Hms erebus, lost ship whose crew resorted to cannibalism. On september 9, 2014, prime minister stephen harper announced that the 2014 victoria strait expedition had solved one of canadas greatest mysteries, with the discovery of one of the two ships belonging to the franklin expedition lost in 1846. In 1845, hms erebus and hms terror left england on a voyage of exploration to the canadian arctic, under sir john. How the discovery of two lost ships solved an arctic mystery.
Ross expedition in the antarctic, 1847, by john carmichael. Cyriax, sir john franklins last arctic expedition, collated with the original rolls, adm 38672 and adm 381962, public record office, london. We knew within a couple of minutes of seeing the sonar image that we had either the erebus or the terror, because the dimensions matched. Erebus and terror john franklin and the arctic northwest. Under the command of rear admiral sir john franklin, the largest and most well equiped arctic expedtion of its time set out in search of a prize that had claimed the lives of. This would have permitted ventilation, if necessary, though the plans seem to indicate the ultimate aim was to enable the skylights to be used. Org about the franklin expedition in 1845, sir john franklin and his crew set sail from england aboard two ships. Hms terror wreck found but what happened to her doomed. The 18361837 and 1839 plans for terrorerebus indicate the skylights may have had collapsible sides, at least on the starboard. The epic hunt for the lost franklin expedition norton, 2017 set out to shed light on a mystery that was the amelia earhart legend of its day.
Steve whittaker was born and raised in the nunavut territory of canada and moved to yellowknife as a young teenager. Read on wikipedia edit history talk page print download pdf. Erebus and terror gulf is a gulf on the southeast side of the tip of the antarctic peninsula, bordered on the northeast by the joinville island group and on the. Underwater archaeologists explore the wreck of the erebus. The vessel was the second in the royal navy named after erebus, the dark region of hades in greek mythology. On may 19, 1845, erebus and terror, both painted a menacing black with a yellow stripe, set off down the river thames and into the atlantic ocean. Hms erebus is a heclaclass bomb vessel constructed by the royal navy in pembroke dockyard, wales, in 1826. Hms terror was a vesuvius class bomb ship built over two years at the davy shipyard in topsham, devon, for the royal navy. Ship found in arctic 168 years after doomed northwest passage. A portion of the wheel of hms erebus was recovered by underwater archeologists during this summers exploration of the wreck site in nunavut. The erebus sister ship, the hms terror, remains missing. Download erebus the story of a ship in pdf and epub formats for free. Franklins two ships, hms erebus and hms terror, became trapped in ice off king william island in 1846, where it is known that franklin died in june the. The times newspaper of the midvictorian era carried, on page 7, a column titled naval intelligence.