The HMS Terror and the HMS Erebus were two ships that set out to discover a route connecting the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific via the northwest passage in 1813. Attempting to find the north west passage in the early 19th Century came with no shortage of danger. Any explorer daring enough to attempt to navigate those waters had A LOT of ice and extremely FRIGID temperatures to contend with.
Tragedy soon stuck when the ships got stuck in the ice and at least one ship earned it's name, (we’ll let you guess which one) with reports of cannibalism as the crew fought for survival. In tota...
The HMS Terror and the HMS Erebus were two ships that set out to discover a route connecting the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific via the northwest passage in 1813. Attempting to find the north west passage in the early 19th Century came with no shortage of danger. Any explorer daring enough to attempt to navigate those waters had A LOT of ice and extremely FRIGID temperatures to contend with.
Tragedy soon stuck when the ships got stuck in the ice and at least one ship earned it's name, (we’ll let you guess which one) with reports of cannibalism as the crew fought for survival.
In total 128 brave men lost their lives on this expedition.
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