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The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas: A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions

Francis Leopold McClintock, 1859. John Murray, London.

McClintock's narrative of the 1857–1859 search, with the Victory Point record (Franklin dead on 11 June 1847, the ships deserted on 22 April 1848), the boat at Erebus Bay, the skeleton near Gladman Point and the Inuit accounts he gathered.

MYS0D59JQ9Y6A6Y · mystery · click to copyMFranklin expedition (HMS Erebus and HMS Terror)Primary sourceBookChecked against the original0

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The first account of the desertion and the march south, from the record itself.

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McClintock, F. L. (1859). The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas: A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions. John Murray, London. https://archive.org/details/voyageoffoxinarc00mcli_0
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