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Sir John Franklin KCH FRS FLS FRGS (16 April 1786 – 11 June 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer and colonial administrator.
5 days ago · Sir John Franklin, English rear admiral and explorer who led an ill-fated expedition (1845) in search of the Northwest Passage, a Canadian Arctic waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. His ships the Terror and the Erebus were discovered by Canadian expeditions in the 21st century.
Franklin expedition, British expedition (1845–48), led by Sir John Franklin, to find the Northwest Passage through Canada and to record magnetic information as a possible aid to navigation. The expedition ended in one of the worst disasters in the history of polar exploration.
Jan 3, 2020 · Members of the arctic expedition led by British explorer Sir John Franklin struggling in their attempt to discover the Northwest passage in 1847.
Mar 30, 2012 · More than six decades before Scott reached the South Pole, Sir John Franklin led an expedition into the Canadian Arctic that would turn into the greatest catastrophe in polar history.
Jun 8, 2018 · Franklin, Sir John (1786–1847). After a distinguished naval career in the wars against Napoleon, Franklin became the most famous British Arctic explorer of his day. Then, like Livingstone, at the end of his life, he became even more of a national figure by disappearing into the unknown.
One of the most well known of those expeditions was in 1845, led by Sir John Franklin. Although Franklin did not discover the Northwest Passage before his disappearance, he was one of the first to map the northern coastlines of Canada in the Arctic. Biography. Early Life.
Mar 18, 2016 · In 1845, Sir John Franklin set out with two ships to chart the Northwest Passage. He and his crew were never heard from again. Until their belongings began turning up on the Canadian tundra.
Sir John Franklin, naval officer, Arctic explorer (born 16 April 1786 in Spilsby, England; died 11 June 1847 aboard HMS Erebus near King William Island, Nunavut ). Franklin’s name is synonymous with Arctic exploration and the Northwest Passage.
Feb 28, 2006 · Led by seasoned naval captain Sir John Franklin, 128 men set off from London in May of 1845 to pioneer a route through the icy Northwest Passage. Three years later, there was still no word from...
