Coppermine expedition
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The Coppermine expedition of 1819–1822 was a British overland undertaking to survey and chart the area from Hudson Bay to the north coast of North America, eastwards from the mouth of the Coppermine R
Sir John Barrow was the driving force for the Royal Navy's exploration of the Arctic in the early 19th century
Constructing a camp during the first winter of the expedition
Native chief Akaitcho with his son
Winter at Fort Enterprise
John Franklin
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Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer and colonial administrator. After serving in the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812, he led two expeditions into the Canadian
Coppermine expedition
…organised by the Royal Navy as part of its attempt to discover and map the Northwest Passage. The first of three Arctic expeditions that were led by John Franklin, it involved George Back and John Richardson, both of whom later became notable Arctic explorers in their own right. The expedition was plagued by poor…
Portrait of John Franklin by Thomas Phillips, 1828
Sir John Franklin, c. 1835
Daguerreotype photograph of Franklin taken in 1845, prior to the expedition's departure. He is wearing the 1843–1846 pattern Royal Navy undress tailcoat with cocked hat.
Engraving of Charles Bacon's statue of Franklin in Spilsby in 1861, prior to its installation