Inuits in a remote Canadian town near the Arctic Circle fear the curse of a doomed expedition 170 years ago is to blame for a series of mysterious deaths in their remote village, as the voyage is retold in a new TV series.
A number of deaths in Gjoa Haven are being blamed on the ‘cursed’ underwater shipwrecks from the doomed voyage of HMS Terror in 1845.
The remote hamlet is the only inhabited part of King William Island in Nunavut Territories and is home to a community of indigenous Inuits.
In 1845 Sir John Franklin led a voyage of explorers in an attempt to locate the Northwest Passage.
Two ships, the HMS Erebus and the HMS Terror, became icebound in Victoria Strait near King William Island in the Canadian Arctic.
All 129 men, including Royal Navy officer Franklin died.
The Terror series charts the doomed voyage of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror after they became trapped in ice during their expedition to the Northwest Passage
Ciaran Hinds as Captain John Franklin in The Terror. His ship HMS Erebus became stuck near King William Island while trying to get to the Pacific Ocean through the Arctic Circle
Musician and actor, Nive Nielsen, as Lady Silence, the most prominent Inuk character in The Terror. Inuits later told explorers of cannibalism and starvation the sailors on board the doomed ships suffered
Franklin's HMS Erebus was found in 2014 by Canadian divers. Local residents feared the searches have caused a 'curse' to plague the remote village
The doomed mission has been recreated in the AMC horror drama, The Terror, in which the sailors face starvation, mutiny, cannibalism and a demonic polar bear while trapped in the ice.
But after six recent sudden deaths in the small, tight-knit community, local residents fear a diving expeditions in search of the wreckage are provoking the gods, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
The TV series is named after the 2007 best-selling novel by Dan Simmons, charting the expedition to King William Island.
The series begins with the Royal Navy's polar explorer ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, leaving Beechey Island in the of Canadian Arctic Archipelago of Nunavut, then heading south toward King William Island into uncharted territory, seeking the Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean.
But the ships were soon stuck, frozen and isolated in the vast ice and those aboard in the fictional recreation faced harsh weather conditions, freezing temperatures and personal rivalries, while being stalked by an mysterious and elusive specter.
Divers during the first series of The Terror searching the icy ocean. Similar searches by divers have been carried out in the area looking for the wreckage of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror
Gjoa Haven, the only inhabited part of King William Island in Nunavut Territories, is home to a community of indigenous Inuits. The above image shows the main street of Gjoa Haven
The above image is a stock photo showing an Inuit mother carrying her baby in the hood of her caribou-skin parka in the Northwest Territories of Canada
Detail of embossed '1845' on the ship's bell of HMS Erebus, as photographed in a lab aboard the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Sir Wilfrid Laurier
The recent, sudden deaths of six people in the Canadian Arctic has locals blaming divers who found the shipwreck and invited a 'curse' upon the town of Gjoa Haven
The first series of the horror series stars Ciaran Hinds as Captain John Franklin, who led HMS Erebus, and Jared Harris as Anglo-Irish Royal Navy officer, Francis Crozier.
The second series, due to air in March next year, will see Star Trek actor, George Takei, play a former fishing captain and community elder.
The show focuses on a Japanese-American intermittent camp during the Second World War, where a number of bizarre deaths expose a mysterious evil entity.
In recent years, divers have visited the area of Gjoa Haven in search of the wreckage site on the sea floor.
But the local Inuit community says that the final resting place of those who perished on the doomed voyage is sacred and should be left alone.
‘They feel the wrecks are cursed and should not be disturbed,’ Parks Canada official Tamara Tarasoff said.
Jacob Keanik, a local resident, said: ‘People are superstitious. They feel there is a connection between the deaths and disturbing the wreck sites.’
Keanik’s brother and nephew both drowned in a boating accident after the two ships were discovered.
In 1845, Franklin led a voyage of explorers in an attempt to locate the Northwest Passage. Two ships, the HMS Erebus and the HMS Terror, became icebound in Victoria Strait near King William Island in the Canadian Arctic. The HMS Terror, stuck in the ice, is seen above
The Erebus was found by Canadian divers in 2014, and remnants of the Terror were discovered in 2016.
Residents of Gjoa Haven say ‘non-human’ beings are stalking the ice.
Fred Pedersen of the Kitikmeot Inuit Association told residents: ‘It is only artifacts that are being found and being taken off wreck sites.
‘There are plans in place that if any bodies are found, they will be left in place. We will not bring up or disturb human remains.’
Not long after the Erebus wreck was found, Inuit ‘guardians’ blessed the area in an attempt to stop the ‘curse.’
But there was no such blessing for the Terror.
‘Following the tragedies elders blessed sand from Gjoa Haven and the guardians brought it to the wreck of HMS Terror, where they sprinkled it over the wreck and performed a blessing,’ said Dominique Tessier of Parks Canada.
‘The blessing was led by Inuit from Gjoa Haven.’
THE DOOMED FRANKLIN EXPEDITION
In command of the doomed was the 59-year-old Sir John Franklin (pictured) who sailed the Arctic three times before
The expedition, consisting of two ships led by British Royal Navy captain Sir John Franklin, aimed to find a sea route linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
But the crew was condemned to an icy death after their two ships got jammed in thick sea ice in the Canadian Arctic in 1846.
The crew's final message before they were wiped out - sent April 25, 1848 - indicated that the survivors were abandoning their ships.
They left the two vessels, the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, north of King William Island and set out on a harsh journey south toward a mainland trading post.
Judging by the bodies found so far, none of the remaining crew made it even a fifth of the way to safety.
HMS Erebus and HMS Terror were sent out in the summer of 1845 to find the Northwest Passage but they took a crucial wrong turn and ended up stranded and surrounded by pack ice
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