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Finding Franklin

Who

Question: Who led the expedition during which two ships were lost?
Answer: John Franklin

Question: Who found the ships?
Answer: Parks Canada / Canada / Ryan Harris

Question: What two special technologies did the ships have?
Answer: Copper-reinforced hulls and steam-powered propellers.

Question: Who wants to claim the Northwest Passage today? (You only ahve to use countries listed in the article.)
Answer: Canada / Russia

Question: How many people died?
Answer: 128

What

Question: What did Parks Canada find?
Answer: Two ships that were lost in the Franklin Expedition

Question: What are the names of the ships that were lost?
Answer: HMS Terror and HMS Erebus

Question: What story told by the Inuit in the region led researchers to believe they were talking about the Franklin Expedition?
Answer: Stories about a ghost ship with a dead white man aboard.

Question: What technology did the researchers use to locate the ship?
Answer: Sonar / Remote control mini-sub

Question: What are they hoping to find in the ship?
Answer: sealed cylinders with papers / human remains

When

Question: When did the Franklin Expedition set sail?
Answer: 1845

Question: How longer was the expedition trapped in the ice for?
Answer: 18 months

Question: BONUS: Name one thing in the news this week.  
Answer: ?

Question: BONUS: Name one thing in the news this week.
Answer: ?

Question: How long did the Franklin Expedition stay a mystery for?
Answer: 169 years

Where

Question: Where did the Franklin Expedition set sail from?
Answer: England

Question: Where were the ships found?
Answer: Queen Maud Gulf

Question: Which oceans does the Northwest Passage connect?
Answer: Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean

Question: How much of the Canadian Arctic is mapped?
Answer: 10%

Question: How far below the surface was the wreck?
Answer: 11 meters

Why

Question: Why did the Franklin Expedition happen?
Answer: Seeking the Northwest Passage in order to create a quicker trade route between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

Question: BONUS: Name one thing in the news this week.
Answer: ?

Question: Why did Stephen Harper want to find the Franklin Expedition?
Answer:
1.  Canadian Sovereignty
2.  Solving a Canadian mystery


Question: Why did researchers keep the discovery secret for the first little while?
Answer: To keep treasure hunters from looting the ship.

Question: Why is the Northwest Passage more important today than ever before?
Answer: Global warming is making the passage more accessible and therefore more useful as a trade route.