“It was abandoned in the ice and then the following year they found the ship on the east side of Baffin Island. It had freed itself from the ice and had sailed all the way through the passage with nobody on it. ”
Interview with Doug Brown
August 28, 2012
Doug Brown tells Jo Stanbridge about his experiences helping erect a cairn on Beechey Island, Nunavut, where the lost Franklin expedition overwintered in 1845-1846.
He also talks about the ghost ship HMS Resolute and how some of its timbers ended up in the Oval Office.
Listen to Doug talk about the cairn on Beechey Island and the fate of HMS Resolute.