Researchers will continue underwater archeological research at the wreck sites of the historical Franklin Expedition ships this summer, Parks Canada announced Thursday. This map shows the locations of HMS Terror and HMS Erebus ship wreck sites in Nunavut. (File image taken from Arctic Corridors Research study)
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Researchers to undertake conservation work, climate change studies, says Parks Canada
Archeologists are returning to research the Arctic sites of the fabled Franklin Expedition shipwrecks, after a two-year break.
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