Franklin's Second Arctic Expedition

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Franklin's_Second_Arctic_Expedition

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Arctic_exploration
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Second_Franklin_Expedition
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:Franklin_Expedition_Memorial,_London gptkb:Franklin_Expedition_Monument,_Hobart
gptkbp:crew	129
gptkbp:departedFrom	gptkb:Greenhithe,_England
gptkbp:endDate	1848
gptkbp:explores	gptkb:Canadian_Arctic_Archipelago
gptkbp:fate	all crew perished
gptkbp:goal	to traverse the last unnavigated section of the Northwest Passage
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Franklin's Second Arctic Expedition
gptkbp:lastAppearance	gptkb:Baffin_Bay
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Sir_John_Franklin
gptkbp:legacy	inspired many subsequent Arctic explorations subject of books, documentaries, and fiction
gptkbp:notableContributor	gptkb:Lady_Jane_Franklin gptkb:Roald_Amundsen gptkb:Charles_Francis_Hall gptkb:Edward_Belcher gptkb:Francis_Leopold_McClintock gptkb:John_Rae gptkb:John_Richardson gptkb:Robert_McClure gptkb:Frederick_Schwatka gptkb:Richard_Collinson
gptkbp:notableEvent	no survivors cannibalism reported among crew crew abandoned ships in 1848 mystery of fate led to numerous search expeditions remains found on King William Island ships became icebound in Victoria Strait
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Francis_Crozier gptkb:Harry_Goodsir gptkb:Graham_Gore gptkb:James_Fitzjames
gptkbp:notablePlace	gptkb:Victory_Point_Note personal effects recovered from graves
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Royal_Navy gptkb:Arctic_exploration gptkb:Northwest_Passage Inuit oral history
gptkbp:shipUsed	gptkb:HMS_Erebus gptkb:HMS_Terror
gptkbp:sponsor	gptkb:British_Admiralty
gptkbp:startDate	1845
gptkbp:wreckDiscovered	gptkb:HMS_Erebus_(2014) gptkb:HMS_Terror_(2016)
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Second_Arctic_Land_Expedition_(1825–1827)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7