1848–1849 James Clark Ross Franklin search expedition
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The 1848–1849 James Clark Ross Franklin search expedition was an early British Arctic voyage led by Sir James Clark Ross to search for Sir John Franklin’s missing Northwest Passage expedition.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14177066 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 1848–1849 James Clark Ross Franklin search expedition Context triple: [Francis Leopold McClintock, notableExpedition, 1848–1849 James Clark Ross Franklin search expedition]
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Ross expedition to Antarctica (1839–1843)
The Ross expedition to Antarctica (1839–1843) was a British Royal Navy voyage of exploration led by James Clark Ross that charted large portions of the Antarctic coastline and discovered key features such as the Ross Sea, Ross Ice Shelf, and Mount Erebus.
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Fram expedition 1893–1896
The Fram expedition of 1893–1896 was Fridtjof Nansen’s pioneering Arctic voyage that attempted to reach the North Pole by intentionally freezing the ship Fram into the polar ice and drifting with it across the Arctic Ocean.
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Jeannette Arctic expedition
The Jeannette Arctic expedition was a late 19th-century U.S. Navy voyage that ended in disaster when its ship became trapped and crushed by ice while attempting to reach the North Pole via the Bering Strait.
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Maud Arctic expedition
The Maud Arctic expedition was a Norwegian polar voyage led by Roald Amundsen in the early 20th century that aimed to drift across the Arctic Ocean aboard the ship Maud to advance scientific understanding of the polar regions.
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James Weddell expedition
The James Weddell expedition was an early 19th-century British Antarctic voyage led by sealer and navigator James Weddell that pushed further south into the Weddell Sea than any previous expedition, setting a then-record for high southern latitude.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1848–1849 James Clark Ross Franklin search expedition Target entity description: The 1848–1849 James Clark Ross Franklin search expedition was an early British Arctic voyage led by Sir James Clark Ross to search for Sir John Franklin’s missing Northwest Passage expedition.
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A.
Ross expedition to Antarctica (1839–1843)
The Ross expedition to Antarctica (1839–1843) was a British Royal Navy voyage of exploration led by James Clark Ross that charted large portions of the Antarctic coastline and discovered key features such as the Ross Sea, Ross Ice Shelf, and Mount Erebus.
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B.
Fram expedition 1893–1896
The Fram expedition of 1893–1896 was Fridtjof Nansen’s pioneering Arctic voyage that attempted to reach the North Pole by intentionally freezing the ship Fram into the polar ice and drifting with it across the Arctic Ocean.
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C.
Jeannette Arctic expedition
The Jeannette Arctic expedition was a late 19th-century U.S. Navy voyage that ended in disaster when its ship became trapped and crushed by ice while attempting to reach the North Pole via the Bering Strait.
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D.
Maud Arctic expedition
The Maud Arctic expedition was a Norwegian polar voyage led by Roald Amundsen in the early 20th century that aimed to drift across the Arctic Ocean aboard the ship Maud to advance scientific understanding of the polar regions.
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E.
James Weddell expedition
The James Weddell expedition was an early 19th-century British Antarctic voyage led by sealer and navigator James Weddell that pushed further south into the Weddell Sea than any previous expedition, setting a then-record for high southern latitude.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Francis Leopold McClintock
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notableExpedition
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1848–1849 James Clark Ross Franklin search expedition
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