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Parks Canada 2011 Arctic Expeditions

HMS Erebus and HMS Terror Image Gallery

Claw marks from a polar bear in the satellite terminal tent; this unexpected visitor made no damage to the installation which was soon moved to a new location

Claw marks from a polar bear in the satellite terminal tent; this unexpected visitor made no damage to the installation which was soon moved to a new location
© Parks Canada / Glenn Toldi

Crew members board a charter flight at Victoria, British Columbia en route to Kugluktuk, Nunavut on August 9, 2011.

Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Sir Wilfrid Laurier at anchor off Kugluktuk, Nunavut on August 9, 2011.

Ryan Harris and Alison Proctor at Kugluktuk airport.

Boatswain Peter Lange directs the ship’s winchman during the deployment of a navigation buoy.

Deckhand Tess Szostakiwskyj helps belay a navigation buoy’s concrete anchor during buoying operations.

Leading Seaman Kurt Westle (left) and Seaman Ronald John ferrying ROV and survey gear to the ship’s forward hold.

Chief Officer Simon Dockerill gives a safety briefing regarding the CHS launches to deck and engineering crew members.

Dave Tobio (CHS) readies a drop video camera to inspect the tide gauge following its deployment.

Seaman John Thomas at the helm of the Sir Wilfrid Laurier.

Cargo sloop Sea Otter at Gladman Point, with the Sir Wilfrid Laurier in background.

Jonathan Moore, Ryan Harris and Hydrographer in Charge Andrew Leyzack during a final discussion of the 2011 search area.

Navigation Aids Technician Christian Girard loads the helicopter prior to navigation aids work on shore.

Ryan Harris from Parks Canada's Underwater Archaeology Service studies the ice conditions in anticipation of the pending survey.

Helicopter Pilot Andrew Stirling and Health Officer Jenny Begin (back seat) prior to deployment to Search and Rescue (SAR) call on the Boothia Peninsula.

The ROV test dive off the starboard side of the Sir Wilfrid Laurier.

Boatswain Peter Lange directs the ship’s winchman during the deployment of a navigation buoy.

Commanding Officer Stuart Aldridge (left), Chief Officer Simon Dockerill and Ryan Harris during a survey logistics planning session on the bridge.

Hydrographer in Charge Andrew Leyzack, Ryan Harris, and Commanding Officer Stuart Aldridge during a survey logistics planning session on the bridge.

Glenn MacDonald (CHS) with assembled tide gauge, prior to deployment near Cambridge Bay.

Ryan Harris measures the side-scan sonar towing configuration on the Kinglett.

The Gannet slowly motors away from the Sir Wilfrid Laurier on August 21, 2011 - the first day of the survey.

The Gannet is readied just prior to commencing surveying on August 21, 2011.

Canadian Hydrographic Service hydrographer Arthur Wickens aboard the Kinglett during surveying.

Multi-beam sonar computer display on the Kinglett. The boat is represented by the green symbol and its movements are shown by the black track line.

Canadian Coast Guard coxswain Kurt Westle at the helm of the Kinglett.

Doug Stenton recording at GPS position at the Cape Felix site.

Clay smoking pipe fragment at the Cape Felix Site.

The Sir Wilfrid Laurier to the northwest of Cape Felix (top right) not far from where Erebus and Terror were best in the ice between 1846 and 1848.

The Gannet returns to the Sir Wilfrid Laurier at the end of a day of surveying and Ryan Harris prepares to throw the boat’s bow line to the ship’s crew.

The Kinglett returns to the Sir Wilfrid Laurier in the afternoon for refuelling and Arthur Wickens prepares to throw the Kinglett’s bowline to the ship’s crew.

Strong winds gusting to 30 knots on Sunday August 27 bring an end to surveying with the Gannet and Kinglett for 2011.

Side-scan sonar towfish employed on Kinglett and Gannet in 2011.

Doug Stenton shows artefacts collected at the Cape Felix site to crew members and supernumeraries in the Officer’s Lounge.

GPS reference station on an island in the search area with a remote satellite terminal for data transfer and battery bank in the tent. Solar panels and a wind turbine help supply power to the terminal

Claw marks from a polar bear in the satellite terminal tent; this unexpected visitor made no damage to the installation which was soon moved to a new location

Doug Stenton and Jonathan Moore at the Cape Felix site.