From a shallow Arctic gulf, a treasure trove of objects from the HMS Erebus shipwreck has been brought to the surface for the first time in more than 170 years. The items could offer new clues about ...

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the next step in the expedition to examine and document HMS Erebus will begin in April, when teams of navy divers and Parks Canada underwater archeologists will ...

One of two doomed ships lost long ago trying to discover the mysterious Northwest Passage has been found. In September, Canadian officials announced they'd found a shipwreck they believed belonged to ...

A shipwreck discovered last month in the Canadian Arctic has been formally identified as HMS Erebus, the long-lost flagship that British explorer Sir John Franklin commanded during his ill-fated ...

Graphic: Divers are hoping to find out the secrets of the ship that vanished 170 years ago with the captain and all his men after Franklin set out for the Arctic in 1845 More than 170 years after it ...

Franklin’s ships were hardened veterans of polar travel, and technological marvels of their age Built to withstand bombardment at sea in the service of Britain’s ...

When Ryan Harris first saw HMS Erebus, one of two Franklin Expedition ships that many figured were lost to history until its discovery last September, he equated it to winning the Stanley Cup. So when ...

Experts have identified a shipwreck uncovered in the Arctic last month as the HMS Erebus, the ship British Rear Admiral Sir John Franklin was probably sailing on when it vanished with another vessel ...