In May 1845, one of England’s most storied naval officers, Sir John Franklin, launched an expedition to discover the Northwest Passage. Once thought to be ice-free, the legendary North Pole ...

In May 1845, one of England’s most storied naval officers, Sir John Franklin, launched an expedition to discover the Northwest Passage ... this northern route could break Spain’s colonial ...

For centuries the search for a polar trade route had indeed consumed ... in search of the Northwest Passage. In September 1846, Franklin’s two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, became trapped in the ...

The loss of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, built in Topsham ... Franklin led the two ships and 129 men in 1845 to chart the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic. The expedition's disappearance ...

Even though sea ice cover across the Arctic Ocean is dwindling year-by-year, studies show there could still be enough sea ice present in the Northwest Passage to render the route infeasible for ...

For centuries the search for a polar trade route had indeed ... in search of the Northwest Passage. In September 1846, Franklin’s two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, became trapped in the ...