HMS Erebus
British explorer Sir John Franklin set off from England sailing to explore the Arctic in the year of 1845. During his voyage to the Northwest Passage, two ships of Franklin’s expedition, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, disappeared in the rangy Canadian Arctic. Finally, the Canadian search team found the wreckage of HMS Erebus in September 2014, with the stunning discovery announced by Stephen Harper.
Why was the discovery so significant? Why was it a politician but not any related scientist or archaeologist announced the exciting discovery? And why was it Harper, our head of state, but not any one else form the government?
The discovery of the wreck of HMS Erebus provided us physical evidences of the part of history that pioneers sailed to explore new land- specifically, the Canadian Arctic. Written documents plus physical evidences now presented a vivid piece of history.
As Harper stated in the video, the expedition team was composed of “both government and non-government …show more content…
I think it is very necessary to include such a provision since our country has a great blend up of different culture. We should respect the cultural heritage of different groups under the countrywide scale.
In my opinion, the Principles of Archaeological Ethics is more like a code of conduct that all archaeologists in America have to obey. As archaeological artifacts are precious legacy from past human and evidences to study ancient history, and most importantly, artifacts are non-duplicable themselves and also the archaeological context they represent. I believe it is important to have this code because it not only clarify the role of archaeologists, build up one same moral norm that they all agree on, but also show their respect of the infinite knowledge left by the past
Why was the discovery so significant? Why was it a politician but not any related scientist or archaeologist announced the exciting discovery? And why was it Harper, our head of state, but not any one else form the government?
The discovery of the wreck of HMS Erebus provided us physical evidences of the part of history that pioneers sailed to explore new land- specifically, the Canadian Arctic. Written documents plus physical evidences now presented a vivid piece of history.
As Harper stated in the video, the expedition team was composed of “both government and non-government …show more content…
I think it is very necessary to include such a provision since our country has a great blend up of different culture. We should respect the cultural heritage of different groups under the countrywide scale.
In my opinion, the Principles of Archaeological Ethics is more like a code of conduct that all archaeologists in America have to obey. As archaeological artifacts are precious legacy from past human and evidences to study ancient history, and most importantly, artifacts are non-duplicable themselves and also the archaeological context they represent. I believe it is important to have this code because it not only clarify the role of archaeologists, build up one same moral norm that they all agree on, but also show their respect of the infinite knowledge left by the past