George Strong Nares (1831-1915)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Deacon, Margaret
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1985
• Subjects: Biographies; British Arctic Expedition; 1875-1876; Expeditions; Explorers; History; Nares; Sir George Strong; 1831-1915; Scurvy; Search for Franklin; Melville Island waters; N.W.T./Nunavut; North Pole; Smith Sound; Greenland/Nunavut; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Bering Strait; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Ellesmere Island; Floeberg Beach; Greenland; Nunavut; Arctic Archipelago; Banks Island; Open Polar Sea; Smith sound; Melville Island
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65177

. In 1852 Nares sailed for the Arctic in the Resolute, under Captain Henry Kellet. The Resolute and the Intrepid wintered off Melville Island, and Nares took part in sledge journeys searching unavailingly for traces of the missing ships. Instead they found a message that led to the rescue of McClure...