Discover the legendary explorer ship on the northern seabed

The explorer ship of 1836 by explorer John Franklin was recently found in the North Sea bottom in intact condition.

In 1848, the exploration ship HMS Terror and the submarine Erebus of John Franklin (British) were unfortunate to suffer in the Arctic sea full of ice. 129 people on board died, the ship is also thought to have been crushed by giant ice sheets. This is considered to be the most horrifying disaster in the history of the British Navy's Naval expedition.

Terror shipwreck simulation image.

After hundreds of years of loss, recently, scientists have found the wreck of the ship HMS Terror on the northernmost seabed, in the Terror Bay area, located 96km south of the location and 24m below. Bottom of the sea. The wreck is still quite intact even though the 3 masts have been broken. Many glass windows even remain intact, without cracking.

Through the hole in the hull, sailors could be seen anchored before the ship crashed. The hatches on the ship are also closed. It seems that the sailors tried to stop the ship when there was a danger of being stuck between the sea ice and then using the sub-ship Erebus to escape. Unfortunately, the ship Erebus also suffered.

The Erebus wreck was discovered by archaeologists two years ago at a depth of 11m at the seabed, where the Eskimo's oral history said there was a wrecked wooden wreck. They even rumored that in a dark room on the ship Erebus, there was a dead man with a smile on his face.

Rudder of Terror.

The Eskimos also once discovered the Terror ship's clue. Crew member Sammy Kogvik (49) in a snow fishing trip six years ago saw a piece of wood, which looked like a mast poking out of the thick ice at Terror Bay. Kogvik quickly used the camera to capture this piece of wood, but then he lost the camera on the way home. Fearing that the loss of the camera was an auspicious sign, it was due to the souls of the sailors on the Terror that Kogvik hid the story of his discovery of the ship.

Near the location of the wreck, on King William Island, scientists also found a piece of scribbled paper hidden in a stone tomb. The piece of paper was written on April 25, 1848 and clearly states that the Terror and Erebus were caught in the ice. Officers and crew left the ship and traveled along a river to find a source of life. However, they died when trying to find a way out of the North Pole.