Search Underway for Ship that Went Missing in 1845
By Rocky Thompson on July 26th, 2010
In 1845 a team of explorers struck out in search of the Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic. Unfortunately, it did not exist. They spent three years on the ice, slowly dying off and resorting to cannibalism by the end. In retrospect, naming one of their ships HMS Terror could have been a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy. While the bodies of the 128-person crew were recovered and studied years ago, the ships they embarked have never been recovered. A team of archeologists is on the hunt. While on the search, they’ll also be on the lookout for HMS Investigator, a rescue ship dispatched to find the crew that disappeared. I’m not sure what they hope to find on the boats - maybe a whiskey stash they can sell?
