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In 1845, two ships departed England in search of unexplored areas within the Canadian Arctic, hoping to uncover secrets that lay in magnetic data to help aid exploration. Lead by Captain Sir John Franklin, the crew of 129 sailed into the freezing lands of what is now Nunavut, Canada, and into the Victoria Strait. This would be the last time Franklin, and all of his men, were ever seen again.  As a grim reminder of the fateful expedition, the remains of desperate sailors have been discovered across King William Island, many of which had samples taken for analysis. Now, DNA testing has...

BBC News Published image copyrightMarjo Pauliina Tynkkynen image captionDivers change the ensign on HMS Royal Oak every year in commemoration of those who died The Freedom of Orkney has been bestowed on Royal Navy divers to honour their work in the area. The Northern Diving Group (NDG), based in Faslane, was called to Orkney for the 145th time last week to deal with unexploded ordnance. Every year the group also changes the ensign on the wreck of HMS Royal Oak - which was sunk in Scapa Flow in 1939. Orkney councillors voted to confer the honour on the team. The council said it was firstly in ...

Navy divers to receive Freedom of Orkney honour May 5, 2021 at 12:47 pm The Royal Navy Northern Diving Group will have the Freedom of Orkney bestowed upon them in recognition of the group’s historic connection in commemorating those lost in the sinking of the HMS Royal Oak. Every year, the divers change the White Ensign on the wreck of the Royal Oak which was torpedoed while at anchor in Scapa Flow on October 14, 1939, with the loss of 835 lives. Due to COVID restrictions, 2020 was the first year since the recovery of the ship’s bell in 1982 that the northern diving group was not able t...

Canadian Transportation Agency rules Sask.-founded company must make buses wheelchair accessible Terri Sleeva says a recent decision by the Canadian Transportation Association (CTA) is a move toward equal treatment for people with disabilities, but that there’s still work to do. Social Sharing

© Granger/Shutterstock Josephus Gaiter was among the doomed men who perished in the Arctic on the Franklin expedition. Sign up for our newsletter and let our nostalgia team take you on a trip back in time Thank you for signing up to our Nostalgia newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up She runs an international charity foundation with her husband, so Fiona Cormack is used to dealing with people across the world. And even as she and Dave, the chairman of Aberdeen FC, continue to take an interest in all things Aberdeen-related from their home in Florida, she i...