Henry Grinnell and the American Franklin searches

Abstract Henry Grinnell (1799–1874), a retired New York shipping magnate, maintained for 20 years a correspondence with Jane Franklin, wife of the British explorer Sir John Franklin whose ships Erebus and Terror were lost in the Arctic some time after 1845. Grinnell financed two United States expedi...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Cruwys, Liz
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1990
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Arctic
Polar Record
Scott Polar Research Institute
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400011451
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400011451 2024-03-03T08:41:22+00:00 Henry Grinnell and the American Franklin searches Cruwys, Liz 1990 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400011451 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400011451 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 26, issue 158, page 211-216 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1990 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400011451 2024-02-08T08:32:19Z Abstract Henry Grinnell (1799–1874), a retired New York shipping magnate, maintained for 20 years a correspondence with Jane Franklin, wife of the British explorer Sir John Franklin whose ships Erebus and Terror were lost in the Arctic some time after 1845. Grinnell financed two United States expeditions and two searches by Charles Francis Hall to the Arctic to collect information on the fate of the Franklin expedition. Grinnell's letters, now held in the archives of the Scott Polar Research Institute, form the basis of this article. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Polar Record Scott Polar Research Institute Cambridge University Press Arctic Polar Record 26 158 211 216
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Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
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Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
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