King William Island
Americannoun
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A note left by members of the expedition on King William Island, and found by explorers in 1859, revealed that Sir John Franklin died on 11 June 1847.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2023
Terror became stuck in ice in Victoria Strait, off King William Island in what is now the Canadian territory of Nunavut.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2021
Experts believe that the ships were lost in 1848 after they became locked in the ice near King William Island and that the crews abandoned them in a hopeless bid to reach safety.
From Fox News ● Jan. 9, 2019
Inuit knowledge was to come to the fore again 150 years later when it helped direct modern marine archaeologists to the area around King William Island, close to the wrecks’ locations.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 2, 2017
By 2014, Kamookak had convinced a team of Franklin seekers from Parks Canada to follow his guidance to King William Island.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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