Sign’s good for a new welcome to the town!
Visitors and residents alike are getting a new welcome into the town after a new sign was erected celebrating the town and its’ most famous son – Sir John Franklin.
Franklin’s lost expedition
Parks Canada release footage of ship from lost Franklin expedition
Parks Canada have released incredible footage of the wreck of one of Sir John Franklin’s lost ships – HMS Terror. Franklin’s lost expedition to find the Northwest Passage consisted of two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. Many thanks to Bunty Buckenham for the link.
One of Sir John Franklin’s missing ships is found in the Canadian Arctic
One of Lincolnshire explorer Sir John Franklin’s two ships which vanished in the Arctic more than 160 years ago has been found, Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper has announced. Sir John, from Spilsby, disappeared along with 129 men aboard HMS Erebus and HMS Terror while trying to find the Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific. A search ran from 1848 to 1859. Canadian divers and archaeologists has been trying to find Franklin’s […]