![H.M.S. Investigator](../../obj/h24/f1/c000229-v1.jpg) |
H.M.S. Investigator
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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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![Franklin expedition reward poster](../../obj/h3/f1/c004530-v1.jpg) |
Franklin expedition reward poster
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Source: National Library of Canada
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![Map showing the route of McClure's Arctic voyage to search for Franklin and his crew, 1848-1849](../../obj/h3/f1/nlc000875-v1.jpg) |
McClure and his shipmates searched the Arctic for Franklin and his crew, continuing by sledge when their ship became frozen in ice
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Source: National Library of Canada
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![H.M.S. Investigator, Baring Island, N.W.T., 1851](../../obj/h24/f1/c016105-v1.jpg) |
H.M.S. Investigator, Baring Island, N.W.T., 1851
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Credit: National Archives of Canada/C-016105
Source: National Archives of Canada
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![Roald Amundsen](../../obj/h24/f1/nlc000738-v1.jpg) |
Roald Amundsen
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Roald Amundsen's The North West Passage: Being a Record of a Voayage of Exploration of the ship Gjöa, 1903-1907; Roald Amundsen. New York: Dutton, 1908.
Source: National Library of Canada
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![Amundsen's ship, the Gjöa](../../obj/h24/f1/nlc000739-v1.jpg) |
Amundsen's ship, the Gjöa
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Roald Amundsen's The North West Passage: Being a Record of a Voayage of Exploration of the ship Gjöa, 1903-1907; Roald Amundsen. New York: Dutton, 1908.
Source: National Library of Canada
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![Map showing the route of Amundsen's second voyage, June 16, 1903 - October 1906, on which he travelled to the Arctic and then down the west coast to San Francisco](../../obj/h3/f1/nlc000876-v1.jpg) |
Amundsen's Gjöa was the first ship to travel through the Northwest Passage
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Source: National Library of Canada
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![Map showing the route of Amundsen's first voyage, to Antarctica, 1897 - 1899](../../obj/h3/f1/nlc000877-v1.jpg) |
On his first voyage, aboard the Belgica, Amundsen helped the ship's crew survive thirteen months stuck in the Antarctic
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Source: National Library of Canada
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![Inuk with sledge](../../obj/h3/f1/nlc000740-v1.jpg) |
Inuk with sledge
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Roald Amundsen's The North West Passage: Being a Record of a Voayage of Exploration of the ship Gjöa, 1903-1907; Roald Amundsen. New York: Dutton, 1908.
Source: National Library of Canada
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![Roald Amundsen, before and after 25 days in the Arctic](../../obj/h24/f1/nlc000681-v1.jpg) |
Roald Amundsen, before and after 25 days in the Arctic
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Air Pioneering in the Arctic: The Two Polar Flights of Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth; Roald Amundsen. New York: National Americana Society, 1929, plate no. 27.
Source: National Library of Canada
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