print email comment close The Fate of Franklin URL: http://www.ric.edu/faculty/rpotter/SJFranklin.html Description: This site contains a wealth of information on Sir John Franklin, leader of a doomed expedition to discover the Northwest Passage, who set sail in 1845 in two ships and vanished. Find contemporary newspaper articles; Arctic images from contemporary sources; expedition notes from modern archaeological searches for remains of the Franklin party; a directory of Franklin links, including a detailed biography; and a bibliography of books related to Arctic exploration. Author: Potter, Russell A. Extra Keywords notableexplorers Library of Congress Subject Headings: Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847 Northwest Passage People LII Database Information: Record 9857 created by Marcia Coudyser on 07/12/2001 Last modification on 07/28/2007 Published: 07/12/2001   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/9857