Chronological list of expeditions and historical events in northern Canada. VII. 1846–54

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Cook, Alan, Holland, Clive
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1972
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Arctic; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Canada; Rae; Arctic Archipelago; North West Passage; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400062823; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400062823

This instalment of our list is dominated by the search for Sir John Franklin's missing North-west Passage expedition (see 1845–48). The search began in 1847 and continued intensively until 1854, when Dr John Rae finally found the first clues regarding the fate of the expedition. An important fe...