Canada’s Minister of the Environment, Jim Prentice, is a history buff, with a particular interest in the Investigator , which sank in 1854 after getting stuck in the ice for three years, and was found just last week by Parks Canada archaeologists.. He told the Calgary Herald: “This is one of the most important shipwrecks in Canadian history because Investigator carried Capt. Robert McClure who discovered the western entrance to the Northwest Passage. I’m elated” The archaeologists knew r… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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One Benefit of Global Warming: It’s Great For Marine Archaeologists
