Well in my opinion it's one of the best investments for the future as well for the past.
Finding those 2 ship wrecks would bring light into a 160 year old mystery and maybe it will finally come out what had happend to these unfortunate officers and men.
I've been studying this story now since years and think that I've read all the books available about the Franklin Expedition itsself as well as about those many search expeditions launched in the following decade and later.
For me it would be the biggest prize in marine archeology and surely worth some thousands bucks, much more than 1000 of other things where much more money has been spend for.
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Marcus