Canada renews search for Franklin’s lost ships

Watch a clip from Passage, a film about one of Canada’s oldest mysteries

Last week the Canadian government announced they were resuming the search for the lost ships of Lord Franklin, who disappeared along with his crew in a doomed 1845 expedition to find the Northwest Passage.

Environment minister John Baird told the CBC, "This announcement and the search for these two vessels … has the allure of an Indiana Jones mystery."

Since the disappearance the ships have become the focus of great controversy and found a place in Canadian mythology.

Last year, the story of the two ships and their continuing legacy was the subject of the critically-acclaimed documentary, Passage, by John Walker.

Watch a clip from the film - which is a unique blend of documentary and dramatization - about the controversial legacy of Lord Franklin and his unique place in Canadian history.