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Sir John Franklin: Fabled Arctic ship found

[Canadian Prime Minister] Stephen Harper said it was unclear which [of two ships] had been found, but photo evidence confirmed it was one of them.

Sir John Franklin led the two ships and 129 men in 1845 to chart the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic.

The expedition's disappearance shortly after became one of the great mysteries of the age of Victorian exploration.

Read entire article at BBC