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John Rae FRS FRGS (Inuktitut: ᐊᒡᓘᑲ, ; 30 September 1813 – 22 July 1893) was a Scottish surgeon who explored parts of northern Canada. He was a pioneer explorer of the Northwest Passage . Rae explored the Gulf of Boothia , northwest of the Hudson Bay , from 1846 to 1847, and the Arctic coast near Victoria Island from 1848 to 1851.
In 1854, the explorer John Rae found himself at the centre of one of the great controversies of the nineteenth century – the fate of the Franklin expedition. With the British hoping to be first in the race to discover the Northwest Passage, the news Rae brought of starvation and cannibalism among final survivors set off a firestorm that would eclipse his own incredible accomplishments.
Pages in category "British explorers of the Arctic" The following 97 pages are in this category, out of 97 total. ... John Rae (explorer) John Richardson (naturalist ...
John Rae's expeditions included fewer than ten people and succeeded. Rae was also the explorer with the best safety record, having lost only one man in years of traversing Arctic lands. In 1854, [55] Rae returned to the cities with information from the Inuit about the disastrous fate of the Franklin expedition.
Continuing his overland search, Dr. John Rae encounters Inuit near the Back River carrying items from the expedition. He interviews the Inuit and purchases their items, learning that they had encountered Franklin's expedition in spring 1850 and that the expedition has died of hunger and cold, with some resorting to cannibalism. [145]
The Rae–Richardson Arctic expedition of 1848 was an early British effort to determine the fate of the lost Franklin Polar Expedition. Led overland by Sir John Richardson and John Rae , the party explored the accessible areas along Franklin's proposed route near the Mackenzie and Coppermine rivers.
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Passage is a 2008 documentary film partly based on the book Fatal Passage about Sir John Franklin's lost expedition through the Northwest Passage. [1] The film explores the fate of the doomed mission, including John Rae's efforts to uncover the truth, and Lady Franklin's campaign to defend her late husband's reputation.