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Arctic exploration and the Northwest Passage
- Franklin’s name is synonymous with Arctic exploration and the Northwest Passage. A respected naval officer and colonial governor, he was involved in several high-profile expeditions to the Canadian Arctic that mapped large stretches of unknown coastline. He is best known for leading the tragic 1845 expedition to find the Northwest Passage.
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Sir John Franklin KCH FRS FLS FRGS (16 April 1786 – 11 June 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer and colonial administrator.
Jan 2, 2008 · Although Franklin was now in his late fifties, he campaigned hard to lead the expedition. Supported by friends and fellow explorers and bolstered by his professional reputation and his fame as an Arctic trailblazer, the Admiralty gave him command in February 1845.
One of the most well known of those expeditions was in 1845, led by Sir John Franklin. Although Franklin did not discover the Northwest Passage before his disappearance, he was one of the first to map the northern coastlines of Canada in the Arctic. Biography Early Life
Oct 4, 2024 · Franklin expedition, British expedition (1845–48), led by Sir John Franklin, to find the Northwest Passage through Canada and to record magnetic information as a possible aid to navigation. The expedition ended in one of the worst disasters in the history of polar exploration.
The most important were John Montagu, the colonial secretary, and Matthew Forster, chief police magistrate and head of the convict establishment, both of whom owed their appointments to Arthur's recommendation, had received free land grants from him and had married into his family.
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Mar 30, 2012 · More than six decades before Scott reached the South Pole, Sir John Franklin led an expedition into the Canadian Arctic that would turn into the greatest catastrophe in polar history.
Jan 3, 2020 · Members of the arctic expedition led by British explorer Sir John Franklin struggling in their attempt to discover the Northwest passage in 1847.
