A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions
Sir Francis Leopold McClintock (1819–1907) established his reputation as an Arctic explorer on voyages with Ross and Belcher, undertaking long and dangerous sledge journeys charting the territory. McClintock's account of his 1857–9 expedition on the yacht Fox through the North-West Passage to d...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/cbo9781139236522 2024-03-03T08:41:21+00:00 A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions The Voyage of the Fox in the Arctic Seas McClintock, Francis Leopold 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139236522 unknown Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms ISBN 9781108050036 9781139236522 monograph 2012 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139236522 2024-02-08T08:45:06Z Sir Francis Leopold McClintock (1819–1907) established his reputation as an Arctic explorer on voyages with Ross and Belcher, undertaking long and dangerous sledge journeys charting the territory. McClintock's account of his 1857–9 expedition on the yacht Fox through the North-West Passage to discover the fate of Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin and his ships, the Erebus and Terror, was first published in 1859. The journey was commissioned by Franklin's widow who, unhappy with the Admiralty's reluctance to seek confirmation of the account of her husband's expedition brought back in 1854 by explorer John Rae, commissioned McClintock to seek corroborating evidence. After a punishing voyage, including 250 days beset by ice in Baffin Bay drifting some 1,400 miles, the search continued by sledge. It was William Hobson, McClintock's second-in-command who found the written evidence documenting Franklin's death in 1847. The grim remains of others who had perished were also discovered. Book Arctic Baffin Bay Baffin Bay Baffin North West Passage Cambridge University Press Arctic Baffin Bay Grim ENVELOPE(-64.486,-64.486,-65.379,-65.379) Belcher ENVELOPE(-94.172,-94.172,57.936,57.936) McClintock ENVELOPE(157.433,157.433,-80.217,-80.217) Rae ENVELOPE(-116.053,-116.053,62.834,62.834) Cambridge |
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Sir Francis Leopold McClintock (1819–1907) established his reputation as an Arctic explorer on voyages with Ross and Belcher, undertaking long and dangerous sledge journeys charting the territory. McClintock's account of his 1857–9 expedition on the yacht Fox through the North-West Passage to discover the fate of Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin and his ships, the Erebus and Terror, was first published in 1859. The journey was commissioned by Franklin's widow who, unhappy with the Admiralty's reluctance to seek confirmation of the account of her husband's expedition brought back in 1854 by explorer John Rae, commissioned McClintock to seek corroborating evidence. After a punishing voyage, including 250 days beset by ice in Baffin Bay drifting some 1,400 miles, the search continued by sledge. It was William Hobson, McClintock's second-in-command who found the written evidence documenting Franklin's death in 1847. The grim remains of others who had perished were also discovered. |
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McClintock, Francis Leopold A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions |
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A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions |
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A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions |
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A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions |
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A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions |
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A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions |
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narrative of the discovery of the fate of sir john franklin and his companions |
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Cambridge University Press |
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2012 |
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ENVELOPE(-64.486,-64.486,-65.379,-65.379) ENVELOPE(-94.172,-94.172,57.936,57.936) ENVELOPE(157.433,157.433,-80.217,-80.217) ENVELOPE(-116.053,-116.053,62.834,62.834) |
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Arctic Baffin Bay Grim Belcher McClintock Rae |
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Arctic Baffin Bay Grim Belcher McClintock Rae |
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Arctic Baffin Bay Baffin Bay Baffin North West Passage |
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Arctic Baffin Bay Baffin Bay Baffin North West Passage |
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