Project to Collect Inuit Elder Testimony on Franklin Shipwreck Sites

Royal Canadian Navy Rear Admiral John Newton takes a picture of the ship's bell from the Franklin Expedition shipwreck HMS Erebus in Ottawa on Nov. 6, 2014. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang

OTTAWA—Parks Canada is launching a new initiative in Nunavut to collect and share the testimony of Inuit elders who have knowledge of the doomed Franklin expedition of 1845.

The project is seeking a contractor to conduct archival research and record interviews with Inuit elders with historical knowledge of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror shipwreck sites.