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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. After serving in the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 , he led two expeditions into the Canadian Arctic and through the islands of the Arctic Archipelago , in 1819 and 1825 , and served as Lieutenant ...
Jun 7, 2024 · Sir John Franklin, English rear admiral and explorer who led an ill-fated expedition (1845) in search of the Northwest Passage, a Canadian Arctic waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. His ships the Terror and the Erebus were discovered by Canadian expeditions in the 21st century.
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Jan 2, 2008 · Sir John Franklin, naval officer, Arctic explorer (born 16 April 1786 in Spilsby, England; died 11 June 1847 aboard HMS Erebus near King William Island, Nunavut ). Franklin’s name is synonymous with Arctic exploration and the Northwest Passage.
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. All 129 crew members.
Learn about the life and voyages of Sir John Franklin, a British naval officer who led several expeditions to find the Northwest Passage in the 19th century. Discover how he mysteriously disappeared with his crew and ships in the Arctic, and what legacy he left behind.
Explore the mystery behind Sir John Franklin's tragic expedition to chart the Northwest Passage in 1845. See historical artifacts, Inuit oral history and the latest discoveries of the ships and men.
Mar 30, 2012 · Learn about the mysterious fate of Sir John Franklin and his crew, who vanished in the Canadian Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage in 1845. Discover the evidence of cannibalism, the Inuit testimony, and the search for the missing ships and diaries.
