3. In Search of Franklin - A TOMB - Down deep in quicksand / Finding human remains - Episode 3

Join Ron in this presentation of Episode 3, traveling with him on one of his arctic expeditions. This segment highlights a mix of search missions, flying his DeHavilland Beaver amphib floatplane above and onto King William Island, Nunavut. In this episode Ron is focused on searching shorelines and inward lands looking for the possible hidden location of Sir John Franklin's fabled tomb. Franklin was the expedition's leader, and he was just one of the many doomed officers and crew from the British Admiralty's doomed expedition of 1845. None ever returned, and not one person survived.
Searching the mosquito swarm infested inland tundras and ocean shorelines, next a kit fox stealing the GoPro camera down into it's hole, then back to Gjoa Haven for a landing at the airport for supplies, then flying out to the northwest and landing on the ocean, after that then another lake access search location, testing the shotgun, sneaking up on a herd of muskox, encountering other wildlife, followed by the dangerous close call lesson of the ocean's tidal mud-flats, a relaxing moment catching arctic char, departure to another search location and then finally, the finding of ancient human skeletal remains within a shallow near the surface tomb, with most of the bones and skull still preserved.
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Ron Carlson has spent over 15 years exploring northern parts of Nunavut, spending much of his time surveying areas on King William Island and other surrounding areas, in search of the 2 famous lost ships that long ago departed from England in an ambitious attempt to find the holy grail route of the fabled Northwest Passage. This was to be a journey of destiny. The ships; HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, were ultimately both permanently beset in the shifting arctic sea ice, and from there, all of the 129 officers and crew were then ultimately doomed to endure a very long and suffering fate.
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TO COME - The BOOK that will be published on the records and stories of Ron's adventures, dangerous encounters and discoveries, including the chapter describing Ron being the first to discover one of the two famous ships, first in 2011, then again in 2012, as he looked down upon and photographed the silhouette of the wreck, today known to be HMS Erebus, in the calm waters from far above.
See more on each step of Ron's expeditions on his blogs:
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And the expedition during the summer of 2012:
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Learn more about the Lost Franklin Expedition:en.wikipedia.o...
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