An episode in the Franklin search: the Prince Albert expedition, 1850. Part 1.

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Stone, Ian R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1993
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Arctic; Riley; Prince Regent Inlet; Cape Riley; Codrington; Fury Beach; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400023585; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400023585

ABSTRACT In 1850 Lady Franklin sent out the first of her private expeditions in search of her husband and the crews of HMS Erebus and Terror , lost in the islands of the Canadian Arctic. The expedition sailed in Prince Albert , a vessel Lady Franklin acquired for the purpose. Its aim was to winter i...