The HMS Investigator was found in remarkably good shape in only 11 meters of water in Mercy Bay along the northern coast of Banks Island in Canada’s western Arctic.  The image to the left is from a  lithograph of the ship trapped in the ice in 1854 while the image to right is from the Parks Canada sonar scan of the ship on the bottom as she is today.  The HMS Investigator, was caught in the ice and sank when on an expedition  to search for Franklin. Click on either thumbnail for a larger image.