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| One of two British explorer ships that vanished in the Arctic more than 160 years ago has been found, Canada's prime minister says. | One of two British explorer ships that vanished in the Arctic more than 160 years ago has been found, Canada's prime minister says. |
| Stephen Harper said it was unclear which ship had been found, but photo evidence confirmed it was one of them. | |
| Sir John Franklin led the two ships and 129 men in 1845 to chart the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic. | |
| The expedition's disappearance shortly after became one of the great mysteries of the age of Victorian exploration. | The expedition's disappearance shortly after became one of the great mysteries of the age of Victorian exploration. |
| The loss of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror prompted one of largest searches in history, running from 1848 to 1859. | |
| The search resulted in the discovery of the Northwest Passage, which runs from the Atlantic to the Pacific through the Arctic archipelago. | |
| A team of Canadian divers and archaeologists has been trying to find the ships since 2008. |