Photo: Jerry KobalenkoĪrctic cruise ships carry just 100 to 200 passengers, but that’s still too many for everyone to swarm onto the little barge at the same time. Here, for a few weeks every summer, government diver-archaeologists explore the wreckage, carefully retrieving artifacts and ultimately trying to piece together the fate of the Franklin expedition.įranklin researchers’ vessel, where they ate and slept between dives. Ours was the first tourist vessel to visit the site. In 2019, after two years of trying and failing because of rough seas or too much ice, we visited the Erebus, thanks to a previous arrangement with Parks Canada, which administers this new National Historic Site. ![]() The bite of approaching winter is already in the air, many arctic birds have already flown south, but the sea ice is at its minimum. Even in good years, these are always among the last cruises of the summer, scheduled for late August and September. Some years, such as 2018, ice keeps all ships from getting through key bottleneck sections. The Northwest Passage still difficultĪlthough there is far less sea ice today than at the tail end of the Little Ice Age, when Franklin was there, the Northwest Passage is not easy even for a modern, ice-strengthened vessel. Two cruises per season sail the Northwest Passage. ![]() Along with many other arctic experts in various disciplines, I give talks, lead hikes, and share the experiences with passengers. Photo: Jerry KobalenkoĮvery (non-COVID) summer, I work as a resource person for Adventure Canada, an arctic cruise company.
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