šArchivist. Interest in warships, CDN war trophies, military records and artifacts, Northwest Passage stuff. #OSINT but pretty bad at it. Tweets are our own.
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#OTD 35 years ago during OP Desert Storm, HMCS Athabaskan raced to the aid of USS Princeton in the Persian Gulf. I threw together a post to mark this Coalition anniversary: warsearcher.com/2026/02/18/wā¦
Digitally reassembling as a collection the first (located) images of the Canadian Arctic taken by explorer Sir F. Leopold McClintock in 1854. Letās all go ashore to Beechey Island 17 decades ago! #FranklinExpedition warsearcher.com/2025/06/22/cā¦
HMS Terrorās 1845 screw propeller, on the wreck, and now represented on my model of the wreck site. Explore the history of this incredible artifact: warsearcher.com/2025/04/16/pā¦
#HMS_Terror 2024/25 model archaeology season update: massive miniature progress on the Sir John Franklin Historic Barks of Canada wreck. @BarksCanada
A scale model of the infamous Franklin Expedition boat (loaded with new information): warsearcher.com/2025/02/15/lā¦
New post on Boat Place/Erebus Bay. The lost Franklin Expeditionās melancholy found relic: warsearcher.com/2025/02/03/iā¦
Wellā¦I convinced myself. HMS Terrorās boat must be raised! And I will convince you too: warsearcher.com/2024/10/13/rā¦
TERRORās Time! Updated my site with a ābefore and afterā amazing slider view model vs. Wreck #HMSTerror visit post to explore Cpt. Francis Crozierās fated and wondrous ship! warsearcher.com/2024/01/02/iā¦
My voice-to-text software consistently translates āarchivistā to ānarcissistā. About half of the time itās close enough.
Fellow Franklin Traveller! You will wander unguided through my landscape of blog posts no more! I have created an annotated guide!Ā The brief descriptions summarize what is unique about each post. Enjoy on your own journey of discovery! #SirJohnFranklin warsearcher.com/posts-to-guiā¦
New today. Ten years on from discovering #HMS_Erebus , a new look: warsearcher.com/2024/09/07/eā¦
The polartours cruise ship Sylvia Earle is now moored danger close to Terror Bay, Nunavut, where the #HMS_Terror wrecksite is located. We know #RV_David_Thompson, #ParksCanada is up there now. Could be something like the 2019 Adventure Canada visit to #HMS_Erebus going on!
#ParksCanada RV David Thompson setting out from #GjoaHaven towards the #SirJohnFranklin wrecksites for the start of 2024 archeology on #HMS_Erebus and #HMS_Terror . All signs are promising!
17 decades ago #OTD , 1854-08-25, Captain Belcher abandoned his last two Franklin search ships just north of Beechey Island.#SirJohnFranklin
171 years ago #OTD, Breadalbane supply ship plummets like a stone through the ice @BeecheyIsland Like many Sir John #FranklinExpedition associated artifactsā¦.sheās still up there and sheās scarily intact. New info and photos courtesy of #ParksCanada warsearcher.com/2024/08/21/bā¦
#CommemorativeAirForce @GatineauAirport B-17G Sentimental Journey doesnāt disappoint! A fierce lady from chin turret to tail gun. #MastersoftheAir
#HMS_North_Star a guiding light in the Far North, Beacon @BeecheyIsland, Saviour of the Franklin Searchers! #SirJohnFranklin #HMS_Erebus #HMS_Terror: warsearcher.com/2024/07/20/hā¦
#HMS_Ontario diorama now finished! An incredibly preserved 1780 shipwreck. Yours to discover! warsearcher.com/2024/06/30/tā¦
