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Canadians Find British Ship Lost for 150-Plus Years

By Terence NeilanJul 29th 2010 – 2:09PM
CP / AP

CP / AP

(July 29) -- Canadian archaeologists found the remains of a British ship abandoned in the Arctic more than 150 years ago after it was sent to find two vessels that went missing in their search for the elusive Northwest Passage. The wreck of the HMS Investigator was detected with the help of sonar technology in the...

Background on Sir John Franklin

Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin KCH FRGS RN (16 April 1786 – 11 June 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer.

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