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  2. Lady Franklin Bay Expedition - Wikipedia

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    Proteus arrived without problems at Lady Franklin Bay by August 11, dropped off men and provisions, and left. [5] In the following months, Lieutenant James Booth Lockwood and Sergeant David Legge Brainard achieved a new Farthest North record at 83°24′N 40°46′W  /  83.400°N 40.767°W  / 83.400; -40.767 , off the north coast of ...

  3. Lady Franklin Bay - Wikipedia

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    Lady Franklin Bay is in a generally northeast to southwest direction, and as such it spreads inland about 110 km (70 mi) from Hall Basin. The main bay contains one noted branch to the northwest known as Discovery Bay, and the interior lengths of Lady Franklin Bay extending southwest are sometimes shown on maps as Archer Fjord .

  4. List of Arctic expeditions - Wikipedia

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    1850–1851: First Grinnell expedition led by Edwin De Haven, the first American search for the members of Franklin's lost expedition, finds the graves of crew members John Torrington, William Braine and John Hartnell on Beechey Island; 1851: William Kennedy leads a search expedition for Franklin in the Prince Albert, sponsored by Lady Franklin

  5. Adolphus Greely - Wikipedia

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    In 1881, he was appointed to command the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, a 25-man expedition organized to carry out Arctic explorations. The expedition ran short of food and several resupply and rescue missions were unsuccessful, and by the time Greely and his men were rescued in 1884, there were only six survivors.

  6. James Clark Ross - Wikipedia

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    Sir James Clark Ross DCL FRS FLS FRAS (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer of both the northern and southern polar regions. In the Arctic, he participated in two expeditions led by his uncle, John Ross, and in four led by William Edward Parry: in the Antarctic, he led his his own expedition from 1839 to 1843.

  7. Jane Franklin - Wikipedia

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    Jane, Lady Franklin (née Griffin; 4 December 1791 – 18 July 1875) was a British explorer, seasoned traveler and the second wife of the English explorer Sir John Franklin. [1] During her husband's period as Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land , she became known for her philanthropic work and her travels throughout south-eastern Australia.

  8. List of DEW Line Sites - Wikipedia

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    Demarcation Bay a.k.a. Nuvagapak Point: AK "I" site operations ceased 1963 N/A NWS Site physically located at Nuvagapak Point BAR-1: DEW Aux / NWS SRR Komakuk Beach: YT: DEW operations ceased 4 August 1993 NWS site established October 1990 BAR-B

  9. Grinnell Land - Wikipedia

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    Fort Conger in Grinnel Land, May 20, 1883. Grinnell Land is the central section of Ellesmere Island in the northernmost part of Nunavut territory in Canada. [1] It was named for Henry Grinnell, a shipping magnate from New York, who in the 1850s helped finance two expeditions to search for Franklin's lost expedition.

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