At the Canadian site of a world-famous shipwreck, divers are making remarkable discoveries
Archaeologists had a highly productive season of excavation on the Erebus, one of Sir John Franklin's two ships that set out from England in 1845. Neither it nor the Terror — nor the 129 men they carried — ever returned.
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![Parks Canada underwater archaeologist Marc-André Bernier carefully excavates a seaman’s chest in the forecastle (crew living quarters) on the lower deck of HMS Erebus on Sept. 17. A diver examines an old box underwater.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7097891.1706543202!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/cp169955375.jpg)
Archaeologists had a highly productive season of excavation on the Erebus, one of Sir John Franklin's two ships that set out from England in 1845. Neither it nor the Terror — nor the 129 men they carried — ever returned.