Sent by the Admiralty to search for a Northwest Passage overland while Parry tried by sea, Franklin and Dr. John Richardson wintered at Fort Franklin on Great Bear Lake. They then descended the Mackenzie River and split up to chart the Arctic coastline to the west and east. The book gives the official instructions, the winter at the fort, the boat voyages and Richardson’s notes on the land.
The successful Franklin expedition, essential reading for anyone following the story that ended in the lost voyage of 1845. Download the free EPUB.