Charles Francis Hall (1821-1871)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Loomis, Chauncey
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1982
• Subjects: Arsenic; Biographies; Expeditions; Explorers; Hall; Charles Francis; 1821-1871; History; Mortality; Search for Franklin; Baffin Island; Nunavut; Greenland; Hudson Bay region; King William Island; Arctic; Hudson Bay; Hudson; William Island; Hall Basin; Baffin; eskimo*; Polaris
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65402

Hall conceived an interest in arctic exploration in his late thirties and in 1859 he mounted his first expedition in search of Franklin. He sailed to Baffin Island on board a whaling vessel and was fortunate to encounter an English-speaking Eskimo couple when he was put on shore. They taught him abo...