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214: 562: 53: 31: 398: 60: 428: 95: 435: 603: 245: 632: 596: 622: 421: 275:(ROUV). The Canadian archaeologists found the ship "largely intact", sitting upright, approximately 7.6 m (25 ft) under the 301: 589: 52: 272: 536: 511: 345: 271:. The archaeology crew had no plans to raise the ship. They did a thorough sonar scan of the area, then sent a 241: 402: 233: 213: 306: 296: 226: 35: 627: 569: 445: 268: 199: 183: 320: 491: 8: 561: 371: 237: 187: 81: 413: 577: 476: 176: 573: 526: 222: 148: 408: 616: 244:. By 1853, it was finally abandoned in the bay. The crew sledged over ice to 111: 97: 30: 541: 531: 516: 481: 471: 324: 276: 264: 252: 198:
is less than 20 km (12 mi) to the west. These bays are a part of
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HMS Investigator
Mercy Bay is located in Northwest Territories
M'Clure Strait
74°05′02″N 119°00′10″W / 74.08389°N 119.00278°W / 74.08389; -119.00278 (Mercy Bay)
Arctic Ocean
Basin
Canadian Arctic
waterway
Northwest Territories
M'Clure Strait
Banks Island
Castel Bay
Aulavik National Park

Robert McClure
HMS Investigator
McClure Arctic expedition
Northwest Passage
Franklin's lost expedition
Melville Island
Parks Canada
sonar
Banks Island
Northwest Territories
remotely operated underwater vehicle
Arctic Ocean
"Mercy Bay"
Geographical Names Data Base
Natural Resources Canada

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