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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
Well, this is a coup for Harper. He cut a LOT of research grants to fund this search. I remember an interview with a woman who had been studying Vikings her whole life. They were right in the midst of excavating a site believed to be an early Viking village in the Canadian north (Baffin Island), when she got the call that her funding had been removed.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...ce-sutherland/
You have one guess why her funding was cut so that we could find the Franklin. |
Coup for Harper? I dunno if I'd go that far. It's a cool story and a bit of history, and obviously he himself has a big interest in it as one can tell by his actions. But outside of a small group, no one really cares. If it's true that he diverted funding from other areas just to do this, then that kinda sucks.
The way some people are talking about it on the news you'd think we landed on the moon. It's an old ship. From a
failed expedition no less, lol. And I do love stories like this, but all in context. I'd rather be learning of a whole host of things than looking for an old shipwreck. In fact, the viking thing intrigues me more.