In the Arctic, found the vessel of the expedition of John Franklin. A unique discovery has called the biggest archeological discovery on a global scale.

Perfectly preserved remains of one of the historic vessels lie at a depth of 11 meters in Victoria Strait, near the island of king William. They have been studied using a remotely controlled underwater vehicle.

The Prime Minister of Canada, in the waters which they found the wreckage, Stephen Harper announced that 1 of 2 English research ships that disappeared in the Arctic for more than 160 years ago, finally found. Note that now we do not know directly what the ship was found, tell п?п?я?я?п?.Ru. But the researchers have a photo that proves that it is certainly ship Arctic expedition of John Franklin.

"I'm happy to say that the expedition to the Strait of Victoria in the current quarter, decided 1 of the greatest mysteries of Canada, found 1 of the 2 ships, owned by the Franklin expedition, " said Harper. Detection of the first vessel, no doubt, will tell us in which direction to look for a 2nd vehicle. Probably very soon we will be able to know what happened with the crew".

Note that the global community has been dubbed the unique discovery of the biggest archaeological discovery of a major scale since the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb almost a century ago. "Even in these images it is clear that survived countless confirmations of what happened to the expedition, believes archaeologist William Battersby of the Royal geographical society of England, who devoted much time to the study of the Franklin expedition. Maybe we will even find the remains of the crew members.

The disappearance of ships caused a leader among long search operations in history: it was fought almost constantly since 1848 to this day. The mystery of the missing expedition excites the imagination, for many generations, because no one understands exactly what happened to the crew. Now the scientific community hopes that the unique event will help to shed light on one of the mysteries of history.
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