Second Franklin Expedition

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Second_Franklin_Expedition
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arctic_exploration
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Franklin's_lost_expedition
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Franklin_Memorial,_Waterloo_Place,_London
gptkbp:crew 129
gptkbp:departedFrom gptkb:Greenhithe,_England
gptkbp:endDate 1848
gptkbp:evidence Lead poisoning
Starvation
Possible cannibalism
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 Second Franklin Expedition
gptkbp:lastAppearance gptkb:Baffin_Bay
gptkbp:lastKnownDate July 1845
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Sir_John_Franklin
gptkbp:location gptkb:Canadian_Arctic_Archipelago
gptkbp:notableEvent Ships became icebound in Victoria Strait
Crew abandoned ships in April 1848
gptkbp:notableFinds Written note found at Victory Point
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Francis_Crozier
gptkb:James_Fitzjames
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Arctic_exploration
gptkb:Northwest_Passage
gptkbp:shipUsed gptkb:HMS_Erebus
gptkb:HMS_Terror
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:British_Admiralty
gptkbp:startDate 1845
gptkbp:subjectOf Books, documentaries, and TV series
Numerous search expeditions
gptkbp:wreckDiscovered gptkb:HMS_Erebus_(2014)
gptkb:HMS_Terror_(2016)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Franklin's_Second_Arctic_Expedition
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8