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Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian13 Sep 2016 10:44 a.m. PST

The second of two British explorer ships that vanished in the Arctic nearly 170 years ago during a storied expedition to find the fabled Northwest Passage has been found…

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Big Martin Back13 Sep 2016 12:12 p.m. PST

Why War of 1812? The Franklin Expedition was in the 1840s. Nice that both Erebus and Terror have been located now.

Personal logo Mister Tibbles Supporting Member of TMP13 Sep 2016 1:11 p.m. PST

That is so cool. Thanks for posting this.

DeRuyter13 Sep 2016 1:30 p.m. PST

War of 1812 because the HMS Terror participated in the bombardment of Ft. McHenry. It is noted in the article.

bsrlee13 Sep 2016 7:05 p.m. PST

Toronto beat you to it Bill.

Toronto4813 Sep 2016 7:05 p.m. PST

I already posted an explanation of the connection

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Skeptic13 Sep 2016 7:40 p.m. PST

@Toronto48: Tangoed by Bill!

cavalry4716 Sep 2016 12:40 p.m. PST

Amazing that they discovered it in Terror bay,me thinks people forgot why the bay was named

Toronto4822 Sep 2016 2:06 p.m. PST

cavalry47 it gets worse Earlier expeditions went in without asking the local people if they knew anything and in many cases ordered them to stay away. This time the epedition leader went to the locals and was given almost an exact location from fishermen who knew the site well

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