King William Island
Americannoun
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Bone and tooth samples from Gregory's remains were recovered from King William Island, Nunavut in 2013.
From BBC • May 6, 2021
Artifacts from the Erebus have been previously discovered by search parties or obtained by Inuit people who encountered the expedition on King William Island, Nunavut, one of the last places Franklin’s men were seen.
From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2020
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
In 1859, a message found by a search party on King William Island stated that both the Erebus and the Terror were trapped in ice in late 1846 and remained so for about eighteen months.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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