1875 Arctic expedition

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1875_Arctic_expedition
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arctic_exploration
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:departedFrom gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:destination gptkb:Arctic_Ocean
gptkbp:endDate 1876
gptkbp:explores gptkb:Ellesmere_Island
gptkb:Greenland
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Greely_expedition
gptkbp:goal reach the North Pole
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1875 Arctic expedition
gptkbp:leader gptkb:George_Nares
gptkbp:notableAchievement farthest north record
gptkbp:notableEvent crew deaths
scurvy outbreak
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Pelham_Aldrich
gptkb:Albert_Hastings_Markham
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:British_Arctic_Expedition
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:1872–1874_Austro-Hungarian_North_Pole_expedition
gptkbp:reachedLatitude 83°20′26″N
gptkbp:result partial success
gptkbp:shipUsed gptkb:HMS_Discovery
gptkb:HMS_Alert
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:startDate 1875
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sir_Allen_Young
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6