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Canada Identifies Ship Found From 1846 Arctic Expedition

The Erebus and the Terror among icebergs, as illustrated in <em>The Polar World</em> by G. Hartwig in 1874. Sir John Franklin, British naval officer and arctic explorer, commanded the 1845 expedition of the ships to search for the Northwest Passage. All members of the expedition perished. (Getty Images)
The Erebus and the Terror among icebergs, as illustrated in The Polar World by G. Hartwig in 1874. Sir John Franklin, British naval officer and arctic explorer, commanded the 1845 expedition of the ships to search for the Northwest Passage. All members of the expedition perished. (Getty Images)

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