Franklin's First Arctic Land Expedition

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Franklin's_First_Arctic_Land_Expedition
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arctic_exploration
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Coppermine_Expedition
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:documentedIn gptkb:Narrative_of_a_Journey_to_the_Shores_of_the_Polar_Sea
gptkb:John_Franklin
gptkbp:endDate 1822
gptkbp:exploredLake gptkb:Great_Bear_Lake
gptkb:Great_Slave_Lake
gptkbp:exploredRiver gptkb:Coppermine_River
gptkb:Hood_River
gptkbp:goal explore northern coast of Canada
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Franklin's First Arctic Land Expedition
gptkbp:indigenousGroupAssisted gptkb:Chipewyan
gptkb:Yellowknives
gptkbp:involvedIndigenousGuides Yes
gptkbp:leader gptkb:John_Franklin
gptkbp:location gptkb:Canadian_Arctic
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:murder_of_Robert_Hood
starvation
cannibalism
gptkbp:notableFor extreme suffering
mapping Arctic coastline
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:George_Back
gptkb:John_Richardson
gptkb:Robert_Hood
gptkbp:participants 20
gptkbp:result severe hardship and loss of life
gptkbp:route Hudson Bay to Coppermine River
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:British_Admiralty
gptkbp:startDate 1819
gptkbp:survived 9
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:First_Arctic_Land_Expedition
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8