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Growing up in London, Ontario, David C. Woodman dreamed of nothing but space travel. He longed to be the first man on the moon, but realized that no one would allow a 13-year-old boy to complete such a task.
By age 18, Woodman had discovered a new dream — to find a sunken ship. He stumbled upon Captain Francis Leopold McClinktock's book, The Voyage of the Fox, and thinking it would be an easy find, purchased the necessary provisions — hiking boots and sleeping bag, among other items — to begin his search for Sir John Franklin's lost ships, the Terror and the Erebus.
Little did he know that the search would consume over half of his life.
In 1992, Woodman with his crew flew over an area near the Adelaide Peninsula where he believes one of the ships is waiting to be found. Aboard a long-range aircraft equipped with a magnetometer — a device used to measure magnetic forces — attached to the back, Woodman hoped the 15-tonnes of cast iron in Franklin's ship engine would be detected. Using this technology, Woodman was able to narrow his search.
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