McClure Arctic expedition
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mcclure-arctic-expedition-174-10502647
title:
McClure Arctic expedition
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The McClure Arctic expedition, one of many attempts to find the missing Franklin expedition, was significant for being the first to successfully discover and transit the Northwest Passage, which it accomplished by both boat and sledging. Robert McClure and his crew spent three years locked in the pack ice aboard HMS Investigator before abandoning the ship and making their escape across the ice. Rescued by HMS Resolute, which was itself later lost to the ice, McClure returned to England in 1854,
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19th century British polar expedition
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McClure_Arctic_expedition
date created:
2010-05-04T18:57:43Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T05:47:05Z
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