Edward Belcher
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Sir Edward Belcher was a British naval officer, hydrographer, and explorer.
Sir Edward Belcher c. 1859, portrait by Stephen Pearce
HMS North Star destroying Pomare's Pā, 1845. Painting by John Williams.
HMS Resolute and Intrepid winter quarters, Melville Island, 1852–53
HMS Assistance and Pioneer breaking out of winter quarters, 1854
HMS Resolute (1850)
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HMS Resolute was a barque-rigged ship of the British Royal Navy, specially outfitted for Arctic exploration. Resolute became trapped in the ice searching for Franklin's lost expedition and was abandon
An etching of HMS Resolute, December 1856
Queen Victoria visits Resolute, 16 December 1856, after its rediscovery and return to the British by the Americans.
President Barack Obama sitting at the Resolute desk in 2009