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Admiral Sir George Back FRS (6 November 1796 – 23 June 1878) was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer of the Canadian Arctic, naturalist and artist. [1] He was born in Stockport . Career
Nov 20, 2023 · The crew of Captain John Franklin’s first overland expedition to chart the Arctic coast east of the Coppermine River was about to face a brutal winter at Fort Enterprise (Mǫlà Kǫ̀kʼe). A young boy from Back‘s sketchbook named ”Babtiste E-cko-chi-chu-tho”.
Dec 18, 2007 · Sir George Back, arctic explorer, naval officer, artist (b at Stockport, Eng 6 Nov 1796; d at London, Eng 23 June 1878). Back made his first voyage N in 1818 and thereafter spent much of his life exploring the Arctic.
Apr 15, 2020 · Sir George Back (1796–1878) was a British Royal Navy officer renowned for his role in exploring the Arctic coastline of North America. He was also considered one of the most original and interesting of the British topographical artists to work in Canada.
Jan 1, 2003 · In the mid-1800s, George Back went on three Arctic expeditions with Sir John Franklin across the barren lands of the Canadian north. But unlike Franklin, Back lived to tell his tales in journals, drawings, watercolors, and maps.
BACK, Sir GEORGE, naval officer, Arctic explorer, and artist; b. 6 Nov. 1796 in Stockport, England, second son of John and Ann Back; d. 23 June 1878 in London. The heroic exploits of the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic wars stimulated George Back’s desire to go to sea, and a visit to Liverpool confirmed it.
A portrait of George Back depicts the naval officer as an artist who undertook four exploratory journeys to the Arctic, two with John Franklin, and recorded the vistas of the dramatic northern landscape.
