Franklin's lost expedition was a failed British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin that departed England in 1845 aboard two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and …

Franklin expedition, British expedition (1845–48), led by Sir John Franklin, to find the Northwest Passage through Canada and to record magnetic information as a possible aid to navigation. …

2020年1月3日 · With ice-strengthened vessels that had already proven their worth in the Antarctic, the Franklin Expedition was the best-equipped assault on the Passage ever launched.

The Franklin Expedition, led by Sir John Franklin in 1845, was a British voyage of Arctic exploration that aimed to navigate the last unnavigated section of the Northwest Passage. The …

2017年4月15日 · In 1848, the Franklin expedition’s two ships, H.M.S. Erebus and H.M.S. Terror, disappeared with all their crew while searching for the Northwest Passage. Their fate is one of …

2024年5月26日 · But even as study of the wrecks continues, the Franklin Expedition remains shrouded in mystery. What was the exact nature of Franklin‘s death, which prompted his men …

2020年5月26日 · The story of the Franklin expedition gradually faded into history only to be brought back into the glare of harsh publicity when a 1984-86 Canadian expedition led by …

Franklin’s expedition set sail from Greenhithe, Kent, on the morning of 9 May 1845. The ships first traveled to Stromness, Orkney Islands, in northern Scotland, and then to Greenland with the …

2024年10月1日 · The identification of remains from the ill-fated Franklin expedition has shed light on the horrific toll the Arctic voyage took on its crew—and specifically on the expedition’s third …

2020年9月3日 · In May 1845, 134 men embarked on a quest to find the elusive Northwest Passage, a lucrative trade route that could open Britain up to all of Asia — but they would …