In 1845, two Royal Navy vessels, the HMS *Erebus* and HMS *Terror* set off from England in search of a Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic. Neither the ships nor their crews would ever be seen again.
This artefact was recovered from the so-called “Boat Place”, where one of the ships’ boats was found buried in the snow containing two headless skeletons and a host of of other bizarre objects, two loaded guns, a pair of slippers, a pile of silverware, forty pounds of chocolate, sheet lead, and many others.
The book, among other items were taken back by searcher Francis Leopold McClintock, and are being exhibited in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.
1 Comment
In 1845, two Royal Navy vessels, the HMS *Erebus* and HMS *Terror* set off from England in search of a Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic. Neither the ships nor their crews would ever be seen again.
This artefact was recovered from the so-called “Boat Place”, where one of the ships’ boats was found buried in the snow containing two headless skeletons and a host of of other bizarre objects, two loaded guns, a pair of slippers, a pile of silverware, forty pounds of chocolate, sheet lead, and many others.
The book, among other items were taken back by searcher Francis Leopold McClintock, and are being exhibited in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.
Source: https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-2153