"Nearly complete transcriptions of the extant journals kept by John Franklin during his expedition to the unknown northern coast of the North American continent

John Franklin explored and charted Canada’s arctic seacoast in 1819-1822, 1825-27, and 1845. On the first expedition he nearly starved and on the third he die

Scottish doctor and explorer John Rae is a controversial figure in the history of the Arctic. He began his career with the Hudson's Bay Company as a surgeon in