U.K. Offers Famed Arctic Shipwrecks As 'Exceptional Gift' To Canada
British explorer John Franklin died in Canada's northern reaches in the 1840s, along with all of his crew. Only recently were his ships finally found. Now, they are a gift from the U.K. to Canada.
by Colin Dwyer
Oct 23, 2017
1 minute
In an act befitting "our long shared history and the closeness of our current bilateral relationship," the U.K. has announced it will give Canada the recovered shipwrecks of John Franklin, a British explorer who sought to chart an unnavigated section of the
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