‘Sovereignty’ over submerged cultural heritage in the Canadian Arctic waters : case study from the Franklin expedition wrecks (1845-48)

• Published in: Polar Geography
• Main Authors: Lasserre, Frédéric, Pelletier, Sébastien, Têtu, Pierre-Louis, Dawson, Jackie
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis group 2019
• Subjects: Sir John Franklin; HMS Terror; HMS Erebus; Shipwreck; Northwest Passage; Arctic; Franklin; John; 1786-1847; Terror (Navire); Erebus (Navire); Épaves; Nord-Ouest; Passage du > Découverte et exploration; Archéologie sous-marine > Droit; Naufrages > Droit; Canada; Découverte; Victoria Strait; Arctique*; Northwest passage
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/33665; https://doi.org/10.1080/1088937X.2019.1578288

Transiting the Northwest Passage captured the imaginations of explorers and adventures for centuries. The idea of a shorter and more economical trade route through the frozen North resulted in hundreds of state and privately financed expeditions to the Canadian Arctic. Perhaps the most famous of the...