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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 ...
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 .
2012–2013 – Aaron Linsdau becomes the second American to ski solo from the Hercules Inlet to the South Pole. His original plan was to make a round trip but through a series of problems, like all other expeditions this year, was unable to make the return journey. [40] 2012 – Eric Larsen attempts a bicycle ride from coast to South Pole ...
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.
22 January 1955. Pilot John P. Moore (Mount Moore) was killed in helicopter crash at Kainan Bay. [15] 6 January 1956. Richard T. Williams (Williams Field) was killed when the tractor he was driving crashed through the ice after being offloaded from the USS Glacier, off Cape Royds during Operation Deep Freeze I. [15] [16] 5 March 1956.
4/5 Gary Oldman is impeccable, as ever, but the ensemble cast – from Kristin Scott Thomas to Jack Lowden and James Callis – make this one of the best series on TV
The North-West Passage and the Plans for the Search for Sir John Franklin: A Review with maps, &c., Second Edition with a Sequel Including the Voyage of the "Fox" London, E. Stanford, 1860. Edward Augustus Inglefield, A summer search for Sir John Franklin; with a peep into the polar basin , Thomas-Harrison, London, 1853.
Flag flown by McClintock on his sledge Lady Franklin during his own 1857–1859 search for Franklin's expedition [3] In 1854, explorer John Rae travelled west from Repulse Bay, on the northern shores of Hudson Bay, and learned from the Inuit that a ship had been abandoned somewhere to the west. Previous expeditions had not searched the area ...