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Re:Ship found in Arctic 168 years after doomed Northwest Pas... by labster on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @12:46AM (#12494292)
Thanks to all of the hard work of the energy extraction industry, future generations will never have to deal with the lack of a Northwest Passage. They will, however, have to deal with a coral shortage.
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Re:Ship found in Arctic 168 years after doomed Northwest Pas... by nylsaar on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @02:45AM (#12494691)
So, how did this ship attempt to sail this route 168 years ago if there was no energy extraction industry?
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Re:Ship found in Arctic 168 years after doomed Northwest Pas... by seren on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @04:26AM (#12494979)
They suspected there was a free water passage because the coast was well known on both side. But the interior of the land was terra incognita, and that was the point of the expedition : finding the passage and going through it if it existed.

However, when Roald Admunsden crossed for the first time the North West passage a few years after the Franklin expedition was lost, it was not by boat, but with sleds...

From my understanding, given the size of the Terror and Erebus, the Franklin expedition could not have crossed the NW passage anyway at that time.

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Re:Ship found in Arctic 168 years after doomed Northwest Pas... by manarth on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @07:56AM (#12495945)
Because the route was occasionally navigable, dependent on season and weather; but if trends continue, the route will be consistently navigable.
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Re:Ship found in Arctic 168 years after doomed Northwest Pas... by contingencies on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @01:00AM (#12494337)
s/shortage/extiction/
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Re:Ship found in Arctic 168 years after doomed Northwest Pas... by labster on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @03:27PM (#12500423)
s/extiction/extinction/
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Re:Ship found in Arctic 168 years after doomed Northwest Pas... by contingencies on Thursday September 15, 2016 @10:19AM (#12506341)
True that :)
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