Sir James Clark Ross and the Franklin Expedition

No officers, apart from those who actually served in the Franklin expedition, were so closely connected with it, both before and after its departure, as Sir Edward Parry and Sir James Clark Ross. Parry, after his last Arctic expedition (1827), was consulted as a matter of course by the Admiralty on...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Cyriax, Richard J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1942
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Arctic
Parry
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400040407
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400040407
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Summary:No officers, apart from those who actually served in the Franklin expedition, were so closely connected with it, both before and after its departure, as Sir Edward Parry and Sir James Clark Ross. Parry, after his last Arctic expedition (1827), was consulted as a matter of course by the Admiralty on all Arctic problems; he assisted in organising the Franklin Expedition; and was one of the Admiralty's principal advisers during the search.

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