W5: Frozen in Time

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  This Saturday on W5, Frozen in Time: The quest to solve a 160-year-old mystery that lies at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean.
  
  Parks Canada underwater archaeologist is descending on the bow of HMS Investigator.
  Parks Canada, Brett Seymour, NPS

  

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  Parks Canada underwater archaeologist documenting a copper hull sheet partly detached from the port side of HMS Investigator. The hull below the waterline was covered with a protective layer of copper sheathing to deter bio-fouling and damage from wood-boring marine organisms.
  Parks Canada, Brett Seymour, NPS

  

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  Roman numeral draught marks on the sternpost of HMS Investigator used to indicate the load waterline of the ship.
  Parks Canada, Brett Seymour, NPS

  

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  Parks Canada underwater archaeologists film the interior of HMS Investigator using a pole-mounted HD inspection camera.
  Parks Canada, Brett Seymour, NPS

  

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  Parks Canada underwater archaeologist is taking measurements at the bow of HMS Investigator.
  Parks Canada, Brett Seymour, NPS

  

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  Parks Canada underwater archaeologists film the interior of HMS Investigator using a pole-mounted HD inspection camera.
  Parks Canada, Brett Seymour, NPS

  

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  Water is transported by a helicopter to a camp site at Mercy Bay.
  Brett Mitchell/W5

  

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  Parks Canada underwater archaeologists raise a percussion cap musket to the surface after recovery from HMS Investigator.
  Parks Canada, Brett Seymour, NPS

  

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  Base camp on the western shore of Mercy Bay, Aulavik National Park, during 2011 HMS Investigator underwater and land archaeological surveys.
  Parks Canada, John Lucas Jr.

  

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  Caribou and other skulls are seen on Head Hill in Banks Island, N.W.T.
  Brett Mitchell/W5

  

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  Bones are seen on Head Hill in Banks Island, N.W.T.
  Brett Mitchell/W5

  

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  Tents are set up along the beach ahead of the dive.
  Brett Mitchell/W5

  

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  Parks Canada dive team prepares for a dive.
  Brett Mitchell/W5

  

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  An iceberg is seen off the shore in Mercy Bay, N.W.T.
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  Mercy Bay camp as seen from a helicopter.
  Brett Mitchell/W5

  

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  Mercy Bay as seen from atop a hill.
  Brett Mitchell/W5

  

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  Mercy Falls in N.W.T. is seen.
  Brett Mitchell/W5

  

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  A skull is seen on Head Hill in Banks Island, N.W.T.
  Brett Mitchell/W5

  

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  Parks Canada's Underwater Archaeology Service 2011 HMS Investigator, dive team, from left to right, back row: Brett Seymour, U.S. National Park Service, Jonathan Moore; front row: Thierry Boyer, Marc-Andre Bernier, Joe Kudlak, Western Arctic Field Unit, Ryan Harris, Filippo Ronca.
  Parks Canada

  

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  W5 camera operator Gerry Vienneau and senior producer Brett Mitchell are seen at McClure's Cairn.
  Brett Mitchell/W5

  

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  Parks Canada Archeologist Henry Cary examines a piece of a barrel left behind by HMS Investigator's crew.
  
  Watch W5 this Saturday for the full story.
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