Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
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Edmund Hoar
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John Franklin statue
{On the front of the plinth:} To the great arctic navigator and his brave co...
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Captain James Cook
Maritime explorer and cartographer. Born near Middlesbrough. The first to map Newfoundland, explored around Australia and the Hawaiian Islands and made the first circumnavigation of New Zealand. K...
Person, Exploring, Seriously Famous, Arctic & Antarctic, Australia, Canada, Hawaii, New Zealand
John Ratcliffe
Mariner and colonist. His family name appears to have originally been Sicklemore, and why he chose to call himself Ratcliffe remains a riddle. He was captain of the 'Discovery', one of three ships ...
Samuel Honey
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
Alexander Wilson
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
John Morfin
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
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