Tangent, but one weird thing that stuck in my mind after reading some of the background is the connection with the resolute desk used by many US presidents, mad

Tangent, but one weird thing that stuck in my mind after reading some of the background is the connection with the resolute desk used by many US presidents, made from timber from the hms resolute which also had a legendary career, and which was ultimately lost while looking for Franklin, Erebus, and Terror. Maybe history is just one damned thing after another, as they say.. but that just makes the minutiae and coincidences more amusing.