Arctic Gallery

Schwatkas discovery of Franklin expedition grave, 1880

Grave of Franklin Expedition member Lt. John Irving found by Schwatka's American search party in Greenland, 1880.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Henry Grinnell's ship aground during the search led by Elisha Kent Kane for the lost Sir John Franklin expedition, under the midnight sun, 1853.
Hand-colored engraving from Elisha Kent Kane's published account

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The search for Sir John Franklins Arctic expedition, 1850s

"Resolute" and four other ships leaving England to search for Franklin's lost Arctic expedition, 1852.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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