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To Lorraine

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A C HRONOLOGICAL L IST OF A RCTIC
E XPLORATIONS , 1818 1880:
T HE E XPLORERS AND T HEIR S HIPS W HO W ENT IN
S EARCH OF THE N ORTHWEST P ASSAGE AND OF
S IR J OHN F RANKLIN

1818	David Buchan, Dorothea, and John Franklin, Trent To the seas north of Spitzbergen (now Svalbard) in search of a passage over the North Pole to the Pacific. Failed to find a route through the ice.
1818	John Ross, Isabella, and William Edward Parry, Alexander To Davis Strait and Baffin Bay, in search of the presumed Northwest Passage over Canada to the Pacific. Rediscovered sites first discovered by Baffin two hundred years earlier; turned back from exploring Lancaster Sound.
181922	John Franklin, first Arctic land expedition To northern Canada and the shores of the Arctic Ocean at the mouth of the Coppermine River, for the purpose of mapping the north coast of North America and in search of the Northwest Passage. Discovered Bathurst Inlet; stopped at Point Turnagain on the Kent Peninsula.
181920	William Edward Parry, Hecla, and Matthew Liddon, Griper To Baffin Bay, Lancaster Sound, and the Canadian archipelago in search of the Northwest Passage. Sailed through Lancaster Sound and Barrow Strait, discovered Prince Regent Inlet, the Parry Islands, Melville Island, Banks Island.
182123	William Edward Parry, Fury, and George F. Lyon, Hecla To upper Hudson Bay in search of the Northwest Passage. Explored Repulse Bay, Frozen Strait; discovered Fury and Hecla Strait.
182425	William Edward Parry, Hecla, and Henry Hoppner, Fury To Prince Regent Inlet in the Canadian archipelago in search of the Northwest Passage. Made no new discoveries.
1824	George F. Lyon, Griper To Repulse Bay, in the upper reaches of Hudson Bay, to send an exploring party overland to the Kent Peninsula on the northern Canadian coast. Beset in the ice in Sir Thomas Roes Welcome; never reached Repulse Bay.
182527	John Franklin, second Arctic land expedition Overland to upper Canada and, via the Mackenzie River system, to the mouth of the Mackenzie; from there proceeding westward along the coast of northern Canada toward Point Barrow (and eastward, under John Richardson, to the mouth of the Coppermine River). Got as far west as Return Reef.
182528	Frederick W. Beechey, Blossom To Bering Strait, in support of Franklin and Parry, to await their arrival. Explored the west coast of Alaska from Icy Cape to Point Barrow.
1827	William Edward Parry, Hecla To Spitzbergen, in an attempt to reach the North Pole. Failed.
182933	John Ross, Victory Private expedition to Prince Regent Inlet in search of the Northwest Passage. Crossed Boothia Peninsula, discovered King William Island, wrongly thought it to be part of the mainland, explored its north shore to Cape Franklin, and discovered the North Magnetic Pole.
183335	George Back, Arctic land expedition Down the Great Fish River in northern Canada to find and rescue the John Ross expedition, gone four years. Discovered and mapped the Great Fish River; reached Chantrey Inlet at the mouth of the river.
183637	George Back, Terror Into Hudson Bay, to send explorers overland from Wager Inlet to Arctic Ocean coastline, to map the coastline from Fury and Hecla Strait to Point Turnagain. Beset in the ice; never reached Wager Inlet.
183739	Thomas Simpson and Peter Dease, Arctic land expedition Hudsons Bay Company expedition to complete survey of Canadas north coast from Point Barrow to Boothia Peninsula. Reached Point Barrow on western leg, Castor and Pollux River on lower Boothia Peninsula on eastern leg. Crossed to the south coast of King William Island and Victoria Island. Discovered Simpson Strait.
184548	John Franklin, Erebus, and Francis R. M Crozier, Terror To Lancaster Sound and the Canadian archipelago in search of the Northwest Passage. Ships sailed to Beechey Island at the mouth of Wellington Channel, wintered there in 184546 , sailed north up Wellington Channel and south around Cornwallis Island to Peel Strait, down Peel Strait to Victoria Strait. Beset in the ice north of King William Island in September 1846; ships were abandoned in April 1848. Survivors trekked south toward Chantrey Inlet and Great Fish River. None lived. May have completed one leg of Northwest Passage.
184647	John Rae, land expedition To Repulse Bay in northern Hudson Bay, overland to bottom of Prince Regent Inlet, then to west coast of Boothia Peninsula. Added to knowledge of coastline there.
184849	James Ross, Enterprise, and Edward Bird, Investigator To Lancaster Sound and Barrow Strait in search of Franklin expedition. No trace found.
184852	Thomas Moore, Plover To Bering Strait and Kotzebue Sound, in search of Franklin expedition. A supply ship, it did no exploring.
184850	John Richardson and John Rae Overland expedition to north coast of Canada in search of John Franklin. No trace found.
184850	Henry Kellett, Herald To Bering Strait and Kotzebue Sound, in search of Franklin expedition. For resupply of the Plover.
1849	Robert Shedden, Nancy Dawson Private expedition to Bering Strait in search of Franklin expedition and to assist the Herald.
184951	William J. S. Pullen and W. H. Hooper By small boat from Point Barrow east to Mackenzie River, in search of Franklin expedition. In two summers reached Cape Bathurst. Stopped by ice.
184950	James Saunders, North Star Resupply ship for James Rosss attempt to search for Franklin expedition. Ice prevented ship from reaching Ross.
1850	Charles Forsyth, Prince Albert Private expedition, financed by Jane Franklin, in search of Franklin survivors in Prince Regent Inlet. Stopped by ice.
185051	H. T. Austin, Resolute; Erasmus Ommanney, Assistance; John Cator, Intrepid; and Sherard Osborn, Pioneer To Lancaster Sound and Barrow Strait in search of Franklin expedition. Discovered site on Beechey Island where Franklin spent first winter. Sledge parties discovered Prince of Wales Island, explored Bathurst Island and parts of Melville Island.

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