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Finding history
Chatham native Stenton discusses discovery of the Franklin Expedition By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com
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Hair was flying and laughs were contagious at the Central Tavern in Pain Court Sunday as local residents had their hair and beards shaved to raise funds for the Chatham-Kent Hospice. Here, winning bidder Connie Erickson gives Gary Cummings a buzz. Cummings was Mr. Movember, for raising the most money at $310. More than a dozen men had their heads shaved or beards trimmed. The funds raised are part of a $10,000 pledge to the hospice thanks to the Dover Kinsmen and Kinettes and the Pretty in Pink Ladies.
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Last week’s blustery weather chilled most of us to the bone, but it was a breath of warm air to Chatham’s Doug Stenton. Then again, for the past 23 years, Stenton has called Nunavut home. The 61-year-old archaeologist is in town on leave after a wild fall that included his key role in the Franklin Expedition discovery which made headlines around the globe. He’s the director of heritage for Nunavut’s department of culture and heritage. For the past six years, Stenton was heavily involved in the hunt for the lost expedition, which became trapped in heavy ice while searching for the Northwest Passage in 1846 and vanished. Subsequent searches revealed only hints of the location of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, Sir John Franklin’s ships. In 1992, the federal government declared the shipwrecks to be national historic sites, despite no
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one knowing where they were. The serious effort to track them down began in 2008, Stenton said. Parks Canada initiated the modern search for the vessels, and Stenton quickly got on board. He said the hunt began with a great deal of planning and research. That was followed by short periods of fieldwork, as the search took place in the summers in Nunavut. “The summer time is a very narrow window of opportunity. You have to hope the ice melts,” Stenton said. “It’s only a matter of weeks.” For six years, the searchers proceeded in this manner. And finally in early September, it was Stenton who suggested they search in the fateful spot. Chopper pilot Andrew Stirling took archaeologists Stenton and Bob Park, as well as hydrographer Scott Youngblut to a small island south of where they’d hoped to be searching. Inclement weather had forced the change.
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