Archaeological and Scientific Investigations of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror (1981–2016)

1. Bone sampling begins new Franklin-era forensics

   Jan 1, 1981Labels: King William, Franklin expedition

   • JAS Article
   • UAlberta NewTrail

2. First Beechey Island exhumation and autopsy

   Aug 17, 1984Labels: Beechey Island, John Torrington

   • John Torrington
   • UPI Archive

3. Second Beechey Island field season expands analysis

   Jan 1, 1986Labels: Beechey Island, Franklin expedition

   • UAlberta NewTrail
   • Royal Museums

4. King William Island “boat place” excavations begin

   Jan 1, 1992Labels: King William, Boat Place

   • Franklin Expedition
   • JAS Article

5. NgLj-2 follow-up excavation documents cut-marked bones

   Jan 1, 1993Labels: NgLj-2, Franklin expedition

   • Franklin Expedition
   • JAS Article

6. Scientific critiques question canned-food lead hypothesis

   Jul 1, 1993Labels: lead hypothesis, Scientific critique

   • JAS 1993

7. Parks Canada builds long-term search with Inuit knowledge

   Jan 1, 1997Labels: Parks Canada, Inuit knowledge

   • Parks Canada ITK
   • Nunatsiaq News

8. Federal search launches major modern shipwreck campaign

   Aug 15, 2008Labels: Parks Canada, Federal search

   • HMS Erebus
   • Parks Canada ITK

9. Systematic sonar surveys intensify in Victoria Strait

   Jan 1, 2010Labels: Victoria Strait, Sonar survey

   • Finding Erebus
   • PM Release

10. HMS Erebus located by sonar in Queen Maud Gulf

    Sep 2, 2014Labels: HMS Erebus, Queen Maud

    • Finding Erebus
    • PM Release

11. Government confirms wreck as HMS Erebus

    Oct 1, 2014Labels: Government of, HMS Erebus

    • PM Release
    • Canadian Geographic

12. Mission Erebus and Terror 2015 maps and recovers artifacts

    Sep 25, 2015Labels: Mission Erebus, Parks Canada

    • Canada News
    • Parks Artifacts

13. Arctic Research Foundation discovers HMS Terror in Terror Bay

    Sep 3, 2016Labels: HMS Terror, Arctic Research

    • Parks Media
    • The Guardian

14. Parks Canada validates wreck as HMS Terror

    Sep 18, 2016Labels: Parks Canada, HMS Terror

    • Parks Media
    • Parks Artifacts