Thomas Abernethy (explorer)
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Thomas Abernethy was a Scottish seafarer, gunner in the Royal Navy, and polar explorer. Because he was neither an officer nor a gentleman, he was little mentioned in the books written by the leaders o
Illustration from 1835 depicting Abernethy's party at the North Magnetic Pole
Parry's North Pole expedition
Victory under sail for the last time, 1832
Somerset House in the summer
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
Thomas Abernethy (explorer)
…in England on 23 September 1843, after which Abernethy has been briefly lost to history. In 1845 Sir John Franklin commanded an expedition along with Francis Crozier who had been on Ross's Antarctic expedition, again using Erebus and Terror, and again trying to find a Northwest Passage. In what became known as…
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