Anthropology professor
Robert
Park
has
spent
years
working
with
the
Government
of
Nunavut investigating
and
documenting
the
Franklin
Expedition
sites
on
land
in
Canada's
high
arctic.
Two
years
ago
he
played
a
key
role
in
the
historic
discovery
of
one
of
Franklin's
fated
ships,
the
HMS
Erebus.
Last
month,
the
second
ship,
the
HMS
Terror,
was
discovered.
Here
Professor
Park
speaks
with
CBC's
Bob
McDonald
on
Quirks
and
Quarks about
the
critical
role
of Inuit
in
the
discovery,
and
what
the
Terror
may
reveal.
Listen
to
Prof.
Park
on Quirks
and
Quarks,
September
17,
2016
episode.
Archival
drawing
of
what
was
imagined to
be
one
of
the
Franklin
Expedition
ships
stuck
in
ice.
Image:
Toronto
Reference
Library.
