In the Arctic found the wreckage of the missing 170 years ago of the ship of the Franklin expedition Bashny.Net

In the canadian Arctic, discovered the wreckage of one of the ships of the legendary expedition of sir John Franklin in 1845. Canada resumed the search for the ships of this expedition in late August.





In the search group included members of the military and aerospace agencies, as well as a group of scientists. The efforts of this group have been thoroughly explored the Northern part of the country. Search group is based on ships with the most modern search equipment, including sonar.

As reported, Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper, the ship was discovered last weekend at a depth of 11 meters. There is no accurate information, which of the two ships of the expedition discovered. It is only known that among the found fragments listed metal construction. On the site of the alleged crash site of the ship working a search party of five ships.

As noted by one of the members of the search team Stephen Harper, this point brings to Canada are truly of high historical value. The expedition of John Franklin is a particularly important milestone in the history of Canada, interested in her scholars, historians, writers and musicians.

On the resumption of the search for the missing ships of Franklin, the government of Canada has contributed several million dollars. In Canada I believe that this finding will help the country to obtain the international acknowledgement of canadian sovereignty over the Northwest passage, as the U.S. government and other countries consider them to be international waters.

The expedition of John Franklin consisted of two vessels. It was launched in may, 1845, composed of 129 people. The main task of the researchers was to study sea route through the Arctic ocean. The ships travelled with a supply of provisions for three years. The last time the ships of the expedition were seen in August 1845 with the crews of two whaling ships.

Source: scienceblog.ru