The Arctic campaigns of John Franklin. Ed. Urvantseva N.

In 1845, in the search for the northwestern passage-the Sea Route through the Northern Arctic Ocean along the northern coast of North America through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago-the British expedition went under the leadership of the experimental polar explorer, Sir John Franklin. The expedition included two ships, she had to study a small section of the Canadian Arctic.

the squadron Franklin reached the sea of ​​Buffin. It was there in early August 1845 that the ships saw the last time. More than fifty unsuccessful attempts were made to find out her fate. The loss of Franklin’s ships became the largest Arctic failure in history.

about the fate of the expedition, its search and traces found by the 1930s, this book says.