Arctic Ghost Ship: HMS Terror - at Pemaquid Point Learning Center

Division / Program: Parks and Lands

Date: July 16, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Pemaquid Point Learning Center at the Pemaquid Lighthouse Park, 3115 Bristol Road, New Harbor, ME 04554
State Park: Other Location
Event Type: History/Historical

Join us as Colonial Pemaquid begins the second season of a summer series of films that will cover a variety of historical and archaeological topics that cut across the globe. Please note the off-site location.

"Arctic Ghost Ship HMS Terror" (2015/52 minutes), This Nova documentary presents an exclusive breakthrough of the greatest unsolved mystery in Arctic exploration. In 1845, British explorer Sir John Franklin set off from England with two state of the art ships and 128 men to chart the elusive Northwest Passage. Franklin and his men never returned, the victims of exposure, starvation, lead poisoning, and cannibalism. Nova tells inside story of the risky Canadian expedition that discovered one of the two ships, the "Erebus" intact and upright on the ocean floor in 2014. Their discovery reveals new clues from the ocean floor that may finally unravel the plight of the men of the Franklin expedition. A short discussion will follow the movie.

Contact Name: Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site
Contact Phone: (207) 677-2423
Cost: Free admission to both the film and the Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Park & Learning Center.
Co-Sponsor: In partnership with the Town of Bristol, Maine.

Related Documents: Arctic Ghost Ship Presentation flyer (PDF 459KB)