
The Franklin Expedition set out in 1845 with the same hope as all the other past expeditions: to successfully chart the elusive Northwest Passage. Collision between HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, by Commander G. In late May I began a new sub-project of my build - creating an accurate plan of HMS Terror’s lower deck. 8 mph: Current Elevation: 938 ft The lost vessels became the subject of legend, until the wreck of the Erebus was found in 2014, followed two years later by the remains of the Terror, still lodged in the ice. Only two or three of the cast and crew have had any prior theatre experience, Wang noted, so like Franklin's crew aboard the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, the students are charting a new course. Erebus during the Franklin Expedition, accurately reported the location of the cairn in which it was found at Victory Point. The clues to why this happened were few and mysterious. It wasn't the Inuit testimony that was wrong Ross named Erebus and Terror, landmarks to later polar explorers, were discoveries of that voyage. The expedi-tion sailed waters that were to remain unvisited again passage, the prized possible sea route across the top of Canada that had been sought for more than two hun-dred years. A nearby volcano and Hydro electric dam overflowing with lava have caused pits of lava to open up on the map.
