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  1. John Rae FRS FRGS (Inuktitut: ᐊᒡᓘᑲ, ; 30 September 1813 – 22 July 1893) was a Scottish surgeon who explored parts of northern Canada. He was a pioneer explorer of the Northwest Passage . Rae explored the Gulf of Boothia , northwest of the Hudson Bay , from 1846 to 1847, and the Arctic coast near Victoria Island from 1848 to 1851.

  2. Jul 18, 2024 · July 22, 1893, London (aged 79) John Rae (born Sept. 30, 1813, near Stromness, Orkney Islands, Scot.—died July 22, 1893, London) was a physician and explorer of the Canadian Arctic. Rae studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh (1829–33). He was appointed (1833) surgeon to the Hudson’s Bay Company ship that annually visited Moose ...

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  3. Receiving training as a surveyor meant a 1,200 mile walk on snow-shoes before finally reaching his tutor. In his first Arctic expedition of 1846-7, Rae left with a small group of people and carried only a small amount of food, choosing instead to live off the land by means of hunting.

  4. John Rae was born at the Hall of Clestrain, Orphir, on 30th September 1813. His father, also called John, was Orkney’s chief representative for the Hudson’s Bay Company, recruiting tenants, clerks and traders for new settlements in Rupert’s Land, a vast area that comprised a large portion of modern-day Canada as well as fragments of northern US states.

  5. The elder John Rae was allowed to live in the Hall of Clestrain with his wife and large family. Patrick's estate passed to his son, Sir William, Lord Armadale, an Edinburgh Law Lord who lived in a fine mansion in Lanarkshire.

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  6. In Fatal Passage, Ken McGoogan notes the extent of Rae’s achievements on the quest for Franklin. Between 1846 and 1854, he led four major Arctic expeditions, travelling more than 23,000 miles. The chief hunter of every one, Rae surveyed 1,751 miles of unexplored territory, including 1,538 miles of northern coastline.

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  8. Oct 6, 2023 · Born on 30th September 1813, John Rae was destined to become one of the most accomplished Arctic explorers of the 19th century. John Rae. In August 1814, the celebrated writer Sir Walter Scott paid a visit to Orkney. In the company of lighthouse engineer Robert Stevenson, he had sailed across the Pentland Firth on the lighthouse yacht Pharos ...

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