Francis Leopold McClintock (1819-1907)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Barr, William
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1987
• Subjects: Biographies; Expeditions; Exploration; Explorers; History; McClintock; Sir Francis Leopold; 1819-1907; Search for Franklin; Sleds; Canadian Arctic Islands; Canadian Arctic Islands waters; Arctic; Cape James; Cape James Ross; Cornwallis; Dundalk; Dundas; Eglinton Island; Emerald Isle; Fitzwilliam Strait; Hecla; Prince Patrick Island; The Waist; Hecla and Griper Bay; Newfoundland; Melville Island
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64847

Born in County Louth, Ireland, on 8 July 1819, the son of the head of the customs office at Dundalk, Leopold McClintock first went to sea aboard HMS Samarang as a first-class volunteer at the age of 12. Over the next 14 years, he slowly made his way up through the system, seeing service in such dive...