Shipwrecks Found 150 years archaeologists Canada

Search vessel Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin's lost in the northernmost region of Earth 150 years ago, archaeologists found Canada.
The ship was named HMS Investigator was abandoned in 1853 because of ice trapped while on a second mission to find Franklin and his expedition team.

Franklin and all the team members lost while sailing to northern Canada in 1845. The mission team was in an effort to find a trade route between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Arctic or the so-called "Northwest Passage".
Franklin search vessel found in shallow waters this week in the Bay of Mercy, north western Canada, by a researcher from Parks Canada.

As quoted from the pages of The Daily Telegraph, July 30, 2010 edition, the ship HMS Investigator was one of a number of American and British ships sent to search for the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, which lost in the mission failed to Franklin in 1845.

1953, Investigator abandoned in the middle of the ice field by Captain Robert McClure and his crew. For three years, they've tried to resolve the water phase of the search "Northwest Passage", but constrained continuous permafrost.

Lack of food supplies to make 60 crew abandoned ship. They were rescued by another ship, but McClure is considered as the first European to discover the entrance to west trade routes.

Masts and ropes the ship has been damaged by ice and weather during the 157 years since the ship was lost, but part of the ship sheltered water thanks to a very cold northern continents. Ships are often called the Northwest Passage in a tale that is still in good condition.

Marc-Andre Bernier, head of research submarine Parks Canada said, "The ship is in very good condition. This is a very important discovery. This is a ship that sailed the Northwest Passage the final stages of the search," said Bernier.

Parks Canada team arrived at Mercy Bay on July 22, and three days later, the ice melts enough to be used sonar devices. The shipwreck was found in 15 minutes.

According to Bernier, there are no plans to lift the vessel to the surface. The team just hoping to use underwater video equipment to take pictures of the ship.
Jim Prentice, Canada's environment minister, said that the British government had learned penemenuan following the wreck of the three bodies of sailors who allegedly died due to illness.

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