![George Vancouver's published journal](../../obj/h3/f1/nlc000731-v1.jpg) |
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
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![John Franklin](../../obj/h24/f1/c001352-v1.jpg) |
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
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![Franklin's expedition passing through Point Lata](../../obj/h24/f1/c089481-v1.jpg) |
Franklin's expedition passing through Point Lata
© Public Domain
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
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![Rock with edible lichen, Northwest Territories](../../obj/h3/f1/c145968-v1.jpg) |
Rock with edible lichen, Northwest Territories
© Public Domain
Credit: National Archives of Canada/C-145968
Source: National Archives of Canada
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![Map showing the route of Franklin's expedition from Fort Resolution to the Arctic coast in 1825](../../obj/h3/f1/nlc000874-v1.jpg) |
Franklin mapped over 800 kilometers of unknown territory during his Arctic expedition
© National Library of Canada
Source: National Library of Canada
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![Relics found with bodies of Franklin's crew](../../obj/h24/f1/nlc000734-v1.jpg) |
Relics found with bodies of Franklin's crew
© Public Domain
Illustrated London News, Oct. 15, 1859, p. 367
Source: National Library of Canada
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![Relics found with bodies of Franklin's crew](../../obj/h24/f1/nlc000935-v1.jpg) |
Relics found with bodies of Franklin's crew
© Public Domain
Illustrated London News, Oct. 15, 1859, p. 367
Source: National Library of Canada
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![Map showing the route of Franklin's final voyage, May 18, 1845 to 1848, through Baffin Bay and Lancaster Sound, then south towards King William Island where bodies and relics of the crew were found](../../obj/h3/f1/nlc004847-v1.jpg) |
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
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![Lady Jane Franklin, aged 24](../../obj/h3/f1/nlc000885-v1.jpg) |
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
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![Opening of the Cairn containing the message from Franklin's officers](../../obj/h3/f1/nlc000936-v1.jpg) |
Opening of the Cairn containing the message from Franklin's officers
© Public Domain
London Illustrated News. Oct. 15, 1859.
Source: National Library of Canada
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![Robert McClure](../../obj/h24/f1/c087256-v1.jpg) |
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
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![Ancient snow-goggles used by the Inuit to block the bright sun](../../obj/h24/f1/xx000665-v1.jpg) |
Ancient snow-goggles used by the Inuit to block the bright sun
© Canadian Museum of Civilization, Artifact ASC 1X-C-2846, Photo S89-1832
www.civilisations.ca
Source: Canadian Museum of Civilization
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