John Franklin (1786-1847)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Davis, Richard C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1985
• Subjects: Biographies; Expeditions; Explorers; Franklin; Sir John; 1786-1847; History; Mapping; Starvation; Cannibalism; Coppermine River region; N.W.T./Nunavut; Deline; N.W.T; Great Bear Lake; Kent Peninsula; Nunavut; Northwest Passage; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Buchan; Canada; Fort Enterprise; Fort Franklin; Great Bear River; Greenland; Kendall; Mackenzie River; Parry; Yukon; Baffin; Barrow; Coppermine River; Mackenzie river; Northwest passage; Spitzbergen; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65206

. The man who charted nearly 3000 km of the coastline of North America is best remembered as the leader of an expedition that cost the British Admiralty two ships and the lives of 129 men and that made no direct contribution to the geographical unfolding of the Canadian Arctic. . Franklin endured an...