Searching for Franklin where he was ordered to go: Captain Erasmus Ommanney's sledging campaign to Cape Walker and beyond, spring 1851

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Barr, W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2016
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Austin; Northwest Passage; Prince of Wales Island; Griffith; Belcher; Osborn; King William Island; William Island; McClintock; Peel Sound; Ommanney; Cape Walker; Griffith Island; Northwest passage; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247416000188; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247416000188

ABSTRACT Since the Admiralty's instructions to Captain Sir John Franklin for his attempt at a transit of the northwest passage in HMS Erebus and Terror in 1845 specified that he should proceed to Cape Walker at the northeastern tip of Russell Island, and head southwest from there to the waterwa...