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It is a fictionalized account of Captain Sir John Franklin's lost expedition, on HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, to the Arctic, in 1845–1848, to locate the Northwest Passage. In the novel, while Franklin and his crew are plagued by starvation and illness, and forced to contend with mutiny and cannibalism , they are stalked across the bleak Arctic ...
The search by Europeans for a western shortcut by sea from Europe to Asia began with the voyages of Portuguese and Spanish explorers such as Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama and Christopher Columbus in the 15th century.
Jared Harris as Captain Francis Crozier, Commanding Officer, HMS Terror, and expedition second-in-command [8] Tobias Menzies [9] as Commander James Fitzjames, First Officer, HMS Erebus [10] Paul Ready as Assistant Surgeon Harry Goodsir, HMS Erebus; Adam Nagaitis as Caulker's Mate Cornelius Hickey, HMS Terror; Ian Hart as Ice Master Thomas ...
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The Royal Navy vessel and its sister ship, the HMS Terror, had been under the command of Sir John Franklin, who led the voyage to explore unnavigated areas of the Northwest Passage. The ...
Cornelius Hickey: Caulker's Mate: Limerick, Ireland: 24 Thomas Jopson: Captain's Steward Marylebone, Middx. 27 Thomas Armitage: Gun-room Steward Chatham, Kent 38 William Gibson: Subordinate Officers' Steward London, Middx. 22 Edward Genge: Paymaster and Purser's Steward Gosport, Hants. 21 Luke Smith: Stoker London, Middx. 27 William Johnson: Stoker
HMS Terror was a Vesuvius-class bomb ship built over two years at the Davy shipyard in Topsham in south Devon, for the Royal Navy.Her deck was 31 m (102 ft) long, and ...
At the age of 13, Crozier volunteered for the Royal Navy and joined HMS Hamadryad in June 1810. In 1812, he served on HMS Briton and visited Pitcairn Island in 1814, where he met the last surviving mutineers from HMS Bounty. In 1817, he received his certificate as mate; in 1818, he served on HMS Doterel during a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.