HMS Erebus

Michael Palin on the Erebus shipwreck resonates around the world: ’A dramatic, catastrophic failure is always a great story’

From 2016: How one man’s efforts to build inroads with northern communities helped uncover the second of Sir John Franklin’s doomed ships

Two years after the discovery of the Franklin Expedition’s Erebus, the Terror has also been found—forcing a rethink of the doomed mission.

As divers work their way down the wreck of HMS Erebus, they’ve found part of the ship’s wheel and a sword hilt among dozens of artifacts

With rare calm waters in the Arctic, the conditions are ripe for another big discovery out of sunken HMS Erebus

For just one time, Jim Balsillie would take the Northwest Passage—in the hopes of finding sovereignty in the Arctic, tourism and jobs

For Jim Balsillie, finding the Franklin expedition was the beginning of bigger goals in the Arctic

A look at the careful, complex operation behind archeologists’ Arctic dive to explore the wreck of Erebus

A 3D replica of the first artifact recovered from HMS Erebus is going on display — and credit goes to BlackBerry’s billionaire former co-CEO