Canada Launches New Search For Lost Franklin Expedition

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  08.20.08 | 1:35 PM ET

According to the CBC, the Canadian government is sponsoring a new search—the latest of many—for Sir John Franklin and his ships, both lost in the Northwest Passage more than 160 years ago. I suppose the rapidly melting ice in the passage could make the hunting easier than in the past, but it also makes the search more urgent: It’s no secret that the expedition is Canada’s latest move in the ongoing political maneuvering by several governments to claim the area as their own.

Tags: North America, Canada

Eva Holland is the senior editor of World Hum. Her writing has also appeared in Reader's Digest Canada, NationalGeographic.com, the National Post, the Montreal Gazette, the Ottawa Citizen and WestJet's Up! Magazine, among other publications. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.


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