Wow. Thanks for this, Mr Worf. On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 12:39 AM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Ship lost for more than 150 years is recovered [image: AP] > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ap/brand/SIG=11f589428/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ap.org%2Ftermsandconditions> > > - Buzz up!518 votes > - > - > Share<http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100729/ap_on_re_ca/cn_canada_franklin_ship_found&t=Ship+lost+for+more+than+150+years+is+recovered+-+Yahoo%21+News> > - > retweet<http://twitter.com/home?status=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100729/ap_on_re_ca/cn_canada_franklin_ship_found> > - > Email<http://mtf.news.yahoo.com/mailto/?prop=news&locale=us&url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100729/ap_on_re_ca/cn_canada_franklin_ship_found&title=Ship+lost+for+more+than+150+years+is+recovered+-+Yahoo%21+News&h1=ap/20100729/ap_on_re_ca/cn_canada_franklin_ship_found&h2=T&h3=517> > - > Print<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100729/ap_on_re_ca/cn_canada_franklin_ship_found/print> > > [image: Hms Investigator] > <http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/FILE---1851-illustration-shows-HMS-Investigator-north-coast-Baring/photo//100728/480/urn_publicid_ap_org703889f4ce4c445a9c3ba38c99bfe8eb//s:/ap/20100729/ap_on_re_ca/cn_canada_franklin_ship_found> > AP – FILE > - This 1851 illustration shows the HMS Investigator on the north coast of > Baring Island in the Arctic. … > Wed Jul 28, 9:24 pm ET > > TORONTO – Canadian archeologists have found a ship abandoned more than 150 > years ago in the quest for the fabled Northwest Passage and which was lost > in the search for the doomed expedition of Sir John Franklin, the head of > the team said Wednesday. > > Marc-Andre Bernier, Parks Canada's head of underwater archaeology, said the > HMS > Investigator<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100729/ap_on_re_ca/cn_canada_franklin_ship_found#>, > abandoned in the ice in 1853, was found in shallow water in Mercy Bay along > the northern coast of Banks Island in Canada's western Arctic. > > "The ship is standing upright in very good condition. It's standing in > about 11 meters (36 feet) of water," he said. "This is definitely of the > utmost importance. This is the ship that sailed the last leg of the > Northwest Passage." > > The Investigator was one of many American and British ships sent out to > search for the HMS > Erebus<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100729/ap_on_re_ca/cn_canada_franklin_ship_found#>and > the Terror, vessels commanded by Franklin in his ill-fated search for > the Northwest Passage in 1845. > > Environment Minister Jim Prentice said the British government has been > notified that one of their naval shipwrecks has been discovered, as well as > the bodies of three sailors. > > Captained by Robert McClure, the Investigator sailed in 1850. That year, > McClure sailed the Investigator into the strait that now bears his name and > realized that he was in the final leg of the Northwest Passage, the sea route > across North > America<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100729/ap_on_re_ca/cn_canada_franklin_ship_found#> > . > > *Click image to see more photos on anthropology and > archaeology*<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/news/ap/ap_on_re_ca/storytext/cn_canada_franklin_ship_found/37051703/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Anthropology--Archaeology/ss/events/sc/021903anthroarchaeo> > > > > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/news/ap/ap_on_re_ca/storytext/cn_canada_franklin_ship_found/37051703/*http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Anthropology--Archaeology/ss/events/sc/021903anthroarchaeo> > AFP > > But before he could sail into the Beaufort Sea, the ship was blocked by > pack ice and forced to winter-over in Prince of Wales Strait along the east > coast of Banks > Island<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100729/ap_on_re_ca/cn_canada_franklin_ship_found#> > . > > The following summer, McClure tried again to sail to the end of the > Passage, but was again blocked by ice. He steered the ship and crew into a > large bay on the island's north coast he called the Bay of Mercy. > > There they were to remain until 1853, when they were rescued by the crew of > the HMS > Resolute<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100729/ap_on_re_ca/cn_canada_franklin_ship_found#>. > The Investigator was abandoned. > > "This is actually a human history," said Bernier. "Not only a history of > the Passage, but the history of a crew of 60 men who had to overwinter three > times in the Arctic not knowing if they were going to survive." > > The Parks Canada team arrived at Mercy Bay on July 22. Three days later, > the ice on the bay cleared enough that researchers were able to deploy > side-scanning sonar from a small inflatable boat over the site where they > believed the wooden ship had eventually sunk. Within 15 minutes, the > Investigator was found. > > "The ship had not moved too much from where it was abandoned," said > Bernier. > > [New Titanic expedition will create 3D map of wreck > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ap/ap_on_re_ca/storytext/cn_canada_franklin_ship_found/37051703/SIG=10nm49s4q/*http://yhoo.it/dxo0d8>] > > > The masts and rigging have long been sheared off by ice and weather. But > the icy waters of the McClure Strait has preserved the vessel in remarkably > good condition. > > "It's incredible," said Prentice from Mercy Bay. "You're actually able to > peer down into the water and see not only the outline of the ship but > actually the individual timbers. > > Archaeologists have also uncovered artifacts on land left behind by the > stranded sailors, who unloaded everything before abandoning the > Investigator. > > The graves of three sailors thought to have died of scurvy have been marked > off and will be left undisturbed, said Bernier. > > [Giant predatory whale named for 'Moby Dick' > author<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ap/ap_on_re_ca/storytext/cn_canada_franklin_ship_found/37051703/SIG=10n7vdm7h/*http://yhoo.it/9Z1M93>] > > > Bernier said the next step will be to send down a remote controlled video > camera to get actual pictures of the wreck. There are no plans to bring it > to the surface and all legal steps will be taken to ensure the site remains > protected. > > Bernier also said the team will use similar technology to find the > Erebus<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100729/ap_on_re_ca/cn_canada_franklin_ship_found#>and > Terror. > *Other popular Yahoo! 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