The Admiralty and the Franklin search
The planning and direction of the British government's efforts to find and rescue Sir John Franklin were carried out in the Admiralty offices on Whitehall by the Board of Admiralty, which comprised six Lords Commissioners and two Secretaries, subject to the ultimate authority of Parliament. The...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s003224740400378x 2024-03-03T08:41:50+00:00 The Admiralty and the Franklin search Ross, W. Gillies 2004 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003224740400378x https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S003224740400378X en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 40, issue 4, page 289-301 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2004 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s003224740400378x 2024-02-08T08:33:23Z The planning and direction of the British government's efforts to find and rescue Sir John Franklin were carried out in the Admiralty offices on Whitehall by the Board of Admiralty, which comprised six Lords Commissioners and two Secretaries, subject to the ultimate authority of Parliament. The Board worked closely with the Navy's Hydrographer, Francis Beaufort, who was probably the single most influential person involved in the planning. He and the Board utilized advice from various officers who had been on Arctic expeditions, and consulted many organizations and individuals in Britain and abroad on particular aspects of the search. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Polar Record Cambridge University Press Arctic Polar Record 40 4 289 301 |
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The planning and direction of the British government's efforts to find and rescue Sir John Franklin were carried out in the Admiralty offices on Whitehall by the Board of Admiralty, which comprised six Lords Commissioners and two Secretaries, subject to the ultimate authority of Parliament. The Board worked closely with the Navy's Hydrographer, Francis Beaufort, who was probably the single most influential person involved in the planning. He and the Board utilized advice from various officers who had been on Arctic expeditions, and consulted many organizations and individuals in Britain and abroad on particular aspects of the search. |
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