Sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions
In May 1845, the famous Arctic explorer John Franklin (1786–1847) embarked on another attempt to find the elusive North-West Passage. He never returned from this voyage, and was last seen by whalers in Baffin Bay in July 1845. Some thirty rescue missions were launched between 1847 and 1859 to find t...
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Cambridge University Press
2012
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139225113 |