William Hobson and the men of the McClintock Artic Expedition finding the remains of one of Franklin's crew and a lifeboat, 1859. Sir John Franklin's (1786-1847), expedition left England in 1845 aboard two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and was assigned to traverse the last unnavigated sections of the Northwest Passage. The expedition met with disaster after both ships and their crews became icebound in Victoria Strait near King William Island.

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