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
HMS Resolute and HMS Intrepid winter quarters, at Melville Island, 1852–53. Drawn by George Frederick McDougall, sailing master on Resolute.
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
Erasmus Ommanney
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Sir Erasmus Ommanney was a Royal Navy officer and an Arctic explorer of the Victorian era.
Portrait by Stephen Pearce
