Marc-André Bernier, manager of Parks Canada's underwater archeology team, meets with Inuit elders.
Sir John Franklin had set out from England in 1845 to explore the Northwest Passage. Neither he nor any of his crewmen ever returned. Inuit living in the area where their ships sank saw some of what happened.Marc-André Bernier, manager of Parks Canada's underwater archeology team, meets with Inuit elders in this file photo from 2020.
Inuit guardians working under the hamlet's Nattilik Heritage Society guard the areas of the shipwrecks and also contribute to research, he said. Marc-André Bernier, Parks Canada's manager of underwater archelogy, sets a marine biology sampling quadrat on the port side hull of HMS Erebus in 2014. Quqshuun said the fact Inuit knowledge and skills have been used and respected in recent searches is important to his community.
In 2023, Parks Canada signed a 10-year Inuit impact and benefit agreement with the non-profit that represents Inuit in the region, the Kitikmeot Inuit Association.DNA confirmed identity of engineer on HMS Erebus — and raises more questions in Franklin Expedition mystery
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