Francis Crozier
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Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier was an Irish officer of the Royal Navy and polar explorer who participated in six expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic. In 1843, he became a Fellow of the Royal Society
Crozier in 1845
Erebus and Terror in the Antarctic, by James Wilson Carmichael. National Maritime Museum, London.
Francis Crozier monument in Banbridge, County Down, with polar bear supporters.
Francis Crozier memorial inside Seapatrick Church, Banbridge
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
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…and Antarctic. In 1843, he became a Fellow of the Royal Society for his scientific work during his expeditions. Later, he was second-in-command to Sir John Franklin and captain of HMS Terror during what would become Franklin's lost expedition, to discover the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic, ending with…
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