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“The actual Terror was found September 2016 and this isn’t hyperbole, it was found in almost pristine condition. It is probably one of the best-preserved shipwrecks in the world. The only thing that did real damage to it was a mast falling. The show’s writers had written the script before the ship was found; despite the fact that THE TERROR has a supernatural predator, the writers wanted to be as accurate as possible so they had to accommodate ideas [from the discovery]. Terror was found in a position much further south than they thought it would be. When I wrote about it Dave I thought, ‘this is going to ruin their show’. He wrote back immediately. This is how invested in history he is, they re-wrote the script to accommodate the discovery of the vessel. Parks Canada is involved in the research on that vessel, and they very kindly invited me to their lab to have a look. Terror is incredibly well preserved. According to them, the jury’s still out on how it got there. There are two options: it could have floated there, or it could have been piloted there. The only way to know is once they get inside the ship, to look for evidence of occupation and re-manning. Hopefully there’ll be some preserved journals, logs, and perhaps even letters they can access.”
