Martin W. Sandler - Resolute: The Epic Search for the Northwest Passage and John Franklin, and the Discovery of the Queens Ghost Ship

A LEXANDER A RMSTRONG , doctor aboard the Investigator, among the first to view the final link in the Northwest Passage.

H ORATIO A USTIN , commander of the five-vessel fleet sent in search of John Franklin in 1850.

G EORGE B ACK , artist and explorer, accompanied John Franklin on his first two Arctic expeditions, led 1833 expedition in search of John Ross, commander of 1836 expedition in search of the Northwest Passage.

J OHN B ARROW , second secretary of the Admiralty, and the father of Arctic exploration.

F REDERICK B EECHEY , 1825-28 commander of the Blossom, a supply ship for the Parry and Franklin passage-seeking expeditions.

E DWARD B ELCHER , commander of five-vessel fleet, including the Resolute, organized in 1852-54 to search for lost Franklin expedition; court martialed for abandonment of the fleet.

J OSEPH R EN B ELLOT , French naval officer, member of William Kennedys 1851 search for John Franklin, drowned on the Edward Inglefield expedition while attempting to bring supplies to the Belcher rescue fleet.

D AVID B UCHAN , commander of 1818 expedition in search of the North Pole.

J AMES B UDDINGTON , New London whaling captain of the George Henry and discoverer of the abandoned Resolute.

R ICHARD C OLLINSON , commander of the Enterprise in 1850 search for John Franklin.

S AMUEL C RESWELL , artist and lieutenant aboard the Investigator sent in search of Franklin in 1850.

P ETER D EASE , co-leader (with Thomas Simpson) of 1837 expedition in search of the Northwest Passage.

E DWIN D E H AVEN , commander of the 1850 U.S. expedition in search of John Franklin.

J ANE F RANKLIN , wife of John Franklin, leading instigator of the search for her husband.

J OHN F RANKLIN , commander of the 1845 Erebus-Terror expedition in search of the Northwest Passage; object of the most prolonged search and rescue effort in history.

C HARLES F RANCIS H ALL , American leader of two expeditions (1860 and 1864) in search of John Franklin, leader of 1871 expedition in quest of the North Pole.

H ENRY J. H ARTSTENE , American naval captain, commander of the crew that returned the Resolute to Great Britain.

I SAAC H AYES , American surgeon on Elisha Kent Kanes 1853 search for John Franklin, leader of 1860 search for the North Pole.

W ILLIAM H OBSON , second-in-command to Leopold MClintock on 1857 Fox expedition; discover of only written evidence of lost Franklin expedition.

E DWARD I NGLEFIELD , commander of the Isabel, sent by Lady Franklin in 1852 in search of her husband; commander of the Phoenix, supply ship for Belcher expedition.

J OE ( E BIERBING) , Inuit who served as guide and helpmate to Charles Francis Hall and Frederick Schwatka on their Arctic expeditions; husband of Tookoolito (Hannah).

E LISHA K ENT K ANE , surgeon on the 1850 U.S. expedition in search of John Franklin, and leader of the 1853 Franklin-seeking expedition aboard the Advance.

H ENRY K ELLETT , commander of the Plover on an 1848-51 Franklin search, and commander of the Resolute on the Belcher expedition.

W ILLIAM K ENNEDY , commander of the Lady Franklin-funded search for her husband in the Prince Albert, in 1851-52.

G EORGE F RANCIS L YON , second-in-command on Edward Parrys second search for the Northwest Passage.

L EOPOLD MC LINTOCK , officer on James Clark Rosss 1848 Franklin search, officer on Horatio Austins 1850 search, commander of the Intrepid during Belcher-led 1852 search, and commander of the 1859 Lady Franklin-financed search in the Fox that led to the discovery of the most conclusive evidence of John Franklins fate.

R OBERT M C C LURE , mate on George Backs 1836 passage search, officer of James Clark Rosss 1848 search for John Franklin, commander of the Investigator, and discoverer of the last link in the Northwest Passage.

G EORGE N ARES , second mate on the Resolute, commander of the groundbreaking Challenger oceanographic expedition in the early 1870s, commander of the 1875 search for the North Pole.

S HERARD O SBORN , commander of the Pioneer during Horatio Austins 1850 search and Edward Belchers 1852 search for John Franklin.

E DWARD P ARRY , commander of the Alexander on John Rosss 1818 Northwest Passage search, commander of three expeditions (1819, 1821, 1824) in quest of the passage, commander of 1827 search for the North Pole.

W ILLIAM P ENNY , whaling captain, commander of the Lady Franklin