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Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier FRS FRAS (/ ˈ k r oʊ ʒ ər /; 17 October 1796 – disappeared 26 April 1848) 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 for his scientific work during his expeditions. [1]
The survivors, now led by Franklin's second-in-command, Francis Crozier, and Erebus ' s captain, James Fitzjames, set out for the Canadian mainland and disappeared, presumably having perished. [3] Pressed by Franklin's wife, Jane, and others, the Admiralty launched a search for the missing expedition in 1848. In the many subsequent searches in ...
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Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier: Captain: Banbridge, Down: 49 Edward Little: First Lieutenant (Commander) Hornsey, Middx. 33 George Henry Hodgson: Second Lieutenant London 28 John Irving: Third Lieutenant Edinburgh: 30 Thomas Blanky: Ice-Master: Whitby, Yorkshire: 44 Frederick John Hornby: First Mate: 26 Robert Thomas: Second Mate Gillies ...
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Photographs from the Associated Press show the extent of the destruction to the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, after a cargo ship crashed into it early Tuesday morning, causing ...