HMS Terror and Franklin’s flagship, HMS Erebus, were abandoned in heavy sea ice far to the north of the eventual wreck site in 1848, during the Royal Navy explorer’s doomed attempt to complete the Northwest Passage. An image from the deck of the wreck of HMS Terror as it lies on the seabed. Adrian Schimnowski, Arctic Research FoundationThe Arctic Research Foundation was set up by Jim Balsillie, a Canadian tech tycoon and philanthropist, who co-founded Research in Motion, creator of the Blackberry. With the first winter snow already falling in the High Arctic, Terror Bay will soon be encased in thick sea ice. Inuit knowledge was also central to finding the Terror Bay wreck, but in a more mysterious way.

Source: The Guardian September 12, 2016 15:41 UTC