Second Grinnell expedition
The second Grinnell expedition of 1853–1855 was an American effort, financed by Henry Grinnell, to determine the fate of the Franklin's lost expedition. Led by Elisha Kent Kane, the team explored areas northwest of Greenland, now called Grinnell Land.
Meeting the Esquimaux
Winter of 1855 aboard the Advance with Kane in the center
Henry Grinnell was an American merchant and philanthropist.
Henry Grinnell
Portrait of Grinnell's granddaughter, Frances Sherborne Ridley Watts, by John Singer Sargent, 1877