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Sir John Franklin KCH FRS FLS FRGS (16 April 1786 – 11 June 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer and colonial administrator.
Jun 7, 2024 · Sir John Franklin, English rear admiral and explorer who led an ill-fated expedition (1845) in search of the Northwest Passage, a Canadian Arctic waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. His ships the Terror and the Erebus were discovered by Canadian expeditions in the 21st century.
John Franklin (born John Paul Salapatek; June 16, 1959) is an American actor, writer and former school teacher. He is best known for playing Isaac Chroner in Children of the Corn (1984), and Cousin Itt in The Addams Family (1991).
Franklin expedition, British expedition (1845–48), led by Sir John Franklin, to find the Northwest Passage through Canada and to record magnetic information as a possible aid to navigation. The expedition ended in one of the worst disasters in the history of polar exploration.
Mar 30, 2012 · Learn about the mysterious fate of Sir John Franklin and his crew, who vanished in the Canadian Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage in 1845. Discover the evidence of cannibalism, the Inuit testimony, and the search for the missing ships and diaries.
Learn about the life and voyages of Sir John Franklin, a British naval officer who led several expeditions to find the Northwest Passage in the 19th century. Discover how he mysteriously disappeared with his crew and ships in the Arctic, and what legacy he left behind.
Learn about the life and achievements of John Franklin, a famous English explorer and naval officer who led several expeditions to the Arctic in search of the northwest passage. Find out how he died, why he was knighted, and what legacy he left behind.
