Unlikely Tip Leads to Discovery of Historic Shipwreck

Searchers in the Canadian Arctic have found the H.M.S. Terror, which mysteriously disappeared 168 years ago while attempting to navigate the Northwest Passage.

Families in the remote Inuit hamlet of Gjoa Haven are celebrating one of the most important historical discoveries ever made in the Canadian Arctic. With information supplied by an Inuit hunter living in the community, explorers from a Canadian non-profit organization, the Arctic Research Foundation, have located H.M.S. Terror, one of two ships that disappeared 168 years ago during the ill-fated Franklin Expedition.

It’s a big find for researchers who’ve long scoured the Canadian Arctic for clues to the expedition’s fate. “We’ve been having a lot of high fives and man hugs,” says Adrian Schimnowski, the foundation’s chief executive officer and operations director. “We’re celebrating the discovery with the Inuit community, which has been highly supportive.”

The expedition, led by 19th-century

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