The men who sailed with Franklin

Using research methods well-known to family history investigators, it is possible to discover a remarkable amount of biographical information not merely on the officers, but also about the ratings who sailed — and died — with Sir John Franklin and Captain Francis Crozier on the 1845 Northwest Passag...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: LLOYD-Jones, RALPH
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2005
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Northwest Passage
Crozier
Northwest passage
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247405004651
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247405004651
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Summary:Using research methods well-known to family history investigators, it is possible to discover a remarkable amount of biographical information not merely on the officers, but also about the ratings who sailed — and died — with Sir John Franklin and Captain Francis Crozier on the 1845 Northwest Passage expedition. The findings from this research, mostly carried out at local and national archives in and around London, greatly enhances the understanding of that disaster, filling in gaps and answering questions raised by recent archaeological and forensic discoveries. This is the hitherto ignored social background to the last voyage of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror .

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