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George Vancouver's published journal
© Public Domain
A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific, and Round the World...; George Vancouver. London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1801.
Source: National Library of Canada

John Franklin
© Public Domain
Credit: National Archives of Canada/C-001352
A Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the Years 1825, 1826, and 1827; John Franklin. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Carey, 1828.
Source: National Archives of Canada

Franklin's expedition passing through Point Lata
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Credit: National Archives of Canada, C-089481
A Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the Years 1825, 1826, and 1827; John Franklin. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Carey, 1828.
Source: National Archives of Canada

Rock with edible lichen, Northwest Territories
© Public Domain
Credit: National Archives of Canada/C-145968
Source: National Archives of Canada

Franklin mapped over 800 kilometers of unknown territory during his Arctic expedition
© National Library of Canada
Source: National Library of Canada

Relics found with bodies of Franklin's crew
© Public Domain
Illustrated London News, Oct. 15, 1859, p. 367
Source: National Library of Canada

Relics found with bodies of Franklin's crew
© Public Domain
Illustrated London News, Oct. 15, 1859, p. 367
Source: National Library of Canada

Franklin and his crew died during their search for the Northwest Passage, probably because their ships got frozen into the ice
© National Library of Canada
Source: National Library of Canada

Lady Jane Franklin, aged 24
© Public Domain
Portrait of Jane: A Life of Lady Franklin; Frances J. Woodward. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1951, frontispiece.
Source: National Library of Canada

Opening of the Cairn containing the message from Franklin's officers
© Public Domain
London Illustrated News. Oct. 15, 1859.
Source: National Library of Canada

Robert McClure
© Public Domain
The Discovery of the North-West Passage by H.M.S. "Investigator" Capt. R. M'Clure, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854; Robert McClure. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857.
Source: National Library of Canada

Ancient snow-goggles used by the Inuit to block the bright sun
© Canadian Museum of Civilization, Artifact ASC 1X-C-2846, Photo S89-1832
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Source: Canadian Museum of Civilization