USS Advance (1847)
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The first USS Advance was a brigantine in the United States Navy which participated in an Arctic rescue expedition. Advance was built in 1847 as Augusta in New Kent County, Virginia and loaned to the
Advance in the foreground in 1850, following USS Rescue at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Second Grinnell expedition
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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 area
USS Advance (1847)
…7 October. Both ships were returned to Mr. Grinnell, and he immediately began outfitting Advance for another Arctic expedition. Preparations for the second Franklin rescue expedition took about 20 months. Advance finally departed New York on 30 May 1853, Passed Assistant Surgeon Elisha Kent Kane in command. The expedition stopped…
Meeting the Esquimaux
Winter of 1855 aboard the Advance with Kane in the center