HMS Erebus

don't think he really knew at the time, but that is one of my favorite parts of the collection.

Sir John Franklin was a British naval officer, and he took two ships, the HMS Erebus and the HMS Terror, to try to find a passage to China.

They were lost.

Basically, they lost contact with the Admiralty with Britain and died in the Arctic.

In 1845, the expedition started which more than anything else tended to make Franklin the popular hero that he has become.

The Erebus and Terror, which formed the fleet, had already proved their capacity for withstanding the strain and pressure of the ice floes.

They each carried a crew numbering sixty-seven officers and men, and while Franklin took charge of the Erebus with Captain Fitzjames, the Terror was commanded by Captain Crozier.

The ships were provisioned for three years, and the task set them was to discover and sail through the passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans.

The intention of the government was to ascertain whether or not this passage existed, and Franklin was instructed to go by Lancaster Sound to Cape Walker, latitude seventy-four degrees north, longitude ninety-eight degrees west, and thence south and west to push through Bering Straits to the other ocean.

Public opinion, stimulated by the interest taken in the departure of the expedition, began to grow anxious at the prolonged silence, but the last dispatches had been received, and the last tidings direct from the ships had come to hand.

Over their subsequent actions and adventures, the heavy veil of the frozen north hung until the intrepid searchers raised it and learned the sad but gallant story of how the North West Passage was discovered and the route to the pole marked clearer.

When the Erebus and Terror parted company with the dispatch boat on July the 4th, they shaped their course through Baffin's Bay towards Lancaster Sound.

In 1845 the expedition started which more than anything else tended to make Franklin the popular hero that he has become.

The Erebus and Terror which formed the fleet had already proved their capacity for withstanding the strain and pressure of the ice flows.

They each carried a crew numbering sixty-seven officers and men, and while Franklin took charge of the Erebus with Captain Fitzjames, the Terror was commanded by Captain Crozier.

The ships were provisioned for three years, and the task set them was to discover and sail through the passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans.

The intention of the government was to ascertain whether or not this passage existed, and Franklin was instructed to go by Lancaster Sound to Cape Walker, latitude 74 degrees north, longitude 98 degrees west, and thence south and west to push through Bering Straits to the other ocean.

But the last dispatches had been received, and the last tidings direct from the ships had come to hand.

Over their subsequent actions and adventures, the heavy veil of the frozen north hung until the intrepid searchers raised it and learned the sad but gallant story of how the North West Passage was discovered and the route to the pole marked clearer.

When the Erebus and Terror parted company with the dispatch boat on July the 4th, they shaped their course through Backins Bay towards Lancaster Sound.

The HMS Terror was one of the two ships lost during that famous expedition to find the Northwest Passage through the Arctic in 1845.

The ship and crew were lost along with the HMS Erebus.

Yeah, there's a lot of history here.

Also, did you know who was from Stonington? Who? Peter Benchley.

This characteristic reply swept away the last and only objection to Franklin's appointment.

Two ships of the Royal Navy, the Erebus and Terror, were thoroughly overhauled and fitted out for the voyage.

A warming and ventilating apparatus of the most improved construction was fitted up in each ship, and, for the first time in the annals of Arctic exploration, both were fitted with an auxiliary screw and engine.

The outfit included warm bedding, clothing, medicines, and an ample store of provisions for three years.

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The Search for Franklin.

Nearly two years had elapsed since the departure of the Franklin expedition in the Erebus and Terror, and as no tidings were received, the feeling became general throughout England that some disaster had befallen the gallant explorer and his men.

A council of naval officers of Arctic experience was held, and it was decided to make preparations for a relief expedition should no news arrive during the summer.

In 1845, the expedition started which more than anything else tended to make Franklin the popular hero that he has become.

The Erebus and Terror, which formed the fleet, had already proved their capacity for withstanding the strain and pressure of the ice floes.

They each carried a crew numbering 67 officers and men, and while Franklin took charge of the Erebus with Captain FitzJames, the Terror was commanded by Captain Crozier.

The ships were provisioned for three years, and the task set them was to discover and sail through the passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans.

The intention of the government was to ascertain whether or not this passage existed, and Franklin was instructed to go by Lancaster Sound to Cape Walker, latitude 74 degrees north, longitude 98 degrees west, and thence south and west to push through Bering Straits to the other ocean.

But the last dispatches had been received, and the last tidings direct from the ships had come to hand.

Over their subsequent actions and adventures, the heavy veil of the frozen north hung until the intrepid searchers raised it and learned the sad but gallant story of how the Northwest Passage was discovered and the route to the pole marked clearer.

When the Erebus and Terror parted company with the dispatch boat on July the 4th, they shaped their course through Backens Bay towards Lancaster Sound.

There was a long silence.

Sir John gestured to the red-bearded ice-master of HMS Erebus.

Perhaps it would be helpful, before we venture opinions and open discussion, to hear from our ice-masters, engineers and surgeon.

Mr. Reid, could you inform the others of what you told me yesterday about our current and projected ice conditions? End quote.

the ships themselves.

And when Erebus and Terra were finally found, the Arctic started giving up some of its

biggest secrets.

This is buried evidence.

When we return, HMS Erebus rises from the deep and there are claims of cannibalism.

We'll be back after this.

Welcome back to Buried Evidence.

For more than a century and a half, the Arctic kept the biggest pieces of the Franklin mystery hidden beneath its waters.

Later refitted to forge the Arctic waters, the ship was selected by the British Admirat- Admiralty to find the Northwest Passage, a trade route that would slash transit times and expand access to Asian markets.

The doomed eighteen forty-five expedition led by Sir John Franklin resulted in the loss of the Terror and the HMS Erebus, plus all one hundred and twenty-nine crew members.

The ship sank after being abandoned, abandoned, their wrecks discovered just years ago.

Claire was entranced by the mystery of the anonymous seaman.

In 1845, the expedition started which more than anything else tended to make Franklin the popular hero that he has become.

The Erebus and Terror which formed the fleet had already proved their capacity for withstanding the strain and pressure of the ice floes.

They each carried a crew numbering 67 officers and men, and while Franklin took charge of the Erebus with Captain Fitzjames, the Terror was commanded by Captain Crozier.

The ships were provisioned for three years, and the task set them was to discover and sail through the passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans.

The intention of the government was to ascertain whether or not this passage existed, and Franklin was instructed to go by Lancaster Sound to Cape Walker, latitude 74 degrees north, longitude 98 degrees west, and thence south and west to push through Bering Straits to the other ocean.

But the last dispatches had been received, and the last tidings direct from the ships had come to hand.

Over their subsequent actions and adventures, the heavy veil of the frozen north hung until the intrepid searchers raised it and learned the sad but gallant story of how the Northwest Passage was discovered and the route to the pole marked clearer.

When the Erebus and Terror parted company with the dispatch boat on July 4th, they shaped their course through Baffin's Bay towards Lancaster Sound.