A Message from the Arctic Institute of North America

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Wilson, J. Tuzo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1948
• Subjects: Arctic; Bellot Strait; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Ellesmere Island; Greenland; Kane; Northwest Passage; Arctic Archipelago; Arctic Institute of North America; Northwest passage; The Arctic Institute
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67039

In the spring of 1848 the first expeditions sailed in search of the lost Franklin expedition. Unfortunately Franklin and most of his men were already dead. Although this was unknown to the early relief expeditions, it must have seemed increasingly probable to the crews of the forty ships which follo...