A Most Inhospitable Coast: The Report of Lieutenant William Hobson’s 1859 Search for the Franklin Expedition on King William Island

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Stenton, Douglas R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2014
• Subjects: Franklin Expedition; Hobson; McClintock; King William Island; expedition report; expédition de Franklin; île King William; rapport d’expédition; Découverte; Nunavut; Rendu; Soi; Victoria Strait; William Island; Arctic; Back River
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67468

Lieutenant William R. Hobson’s 1859 search for traces of the Franklin expedition on the west coast of King William Island resulted in several major discoveries that include an official record containing the dates of Sir John Franklin’s death, of the abandonment of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and of t...