These were among about 350 artifacts that were recently plucked from the sunken crevices and cabins of the H.M.S. Erebus, one of two naval ships that vanished after setting out from England more than 170 years ago in search of a Northwest passage across the Canadian Arctic.
The disappearance of the Erebus and the H.M.S. Terror is still a mystery, part of a story that has eluded scientists, rescuers and historians for more than a century. On Thursday, Parks Canada, Canada’s national parks service, and representatives from the Inuit population said they hoped the newly recovered artifacts from the Erebus would help them reconstruct what happened aboard the vessels before they sank.
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