Joseph-René Bellot was a French naval officer and Arctic explorer.
Portrait by Stephen Pearce
Memorial cairn for Joseph-René Bellot on Beechey Island, in the Canadian High Arctic, September 2015
Bellot Memorial, Greenwich, South East London
Beechey Island is an island located in the Arctic Archipelago of Nunavut, Canada, in Wellington Channel. It is separated from the southwest corner of Devon Island by Barrow Strait. Other features include Wellington Channel, Erebus Harbour, and Terror Bay.
Beechey Island in relation to Cornwallis Island, Devon Island and Somerset Island
Beechey Island Harbour viewed from northwest summit of Beechey Island, Nunavut, Canada.
(L-R) Three graves from the lost 1845 Franklin Expedition, and a fourth from a later Franklin search expedition.
(L-R) The Franklin Camp graves of John Torrington, William Braine, John Hartnell and Thomas Morgan.