Above: the county produced many explorers who opened up the Canadian wilderness and claimed the territory as “British”. This marble stone commemorates Sir John Franklin who disappeared while attempting to navigate the North West Passage. The memorial asserts, with Victorian confidence, that the explorer DID discover the passage (although the evidence points to a different conclusion).
The North West Passage across the top of Canada is free of ice for the second year running. The new route is expected to have a dramatic effect upon the way goods are shipped around the world. It is widely regarded as an ecological disaster (and the subject of a report on Newsnight yesterday).
More: http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,574815,00.html
And: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Franklin%27s_Lament (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiXD6kH7sXI and also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fgNcx9st1A&feature=related).
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