The Rae–Richardson Arctic expedition of 1848 was an early British effort to determine the fate of the lost Franklin Polar Expedition. Led overland by Sir...

area north of that. The 61-year-old Richardson chose Rae as his second-in-command. The Rae–Richardson Arctic Expedition left Liverpool in March 1848, reached...

Passage expedition is sent to map the remaining Northwest Passage 1848: John Richardson and John Rae lead the Rae–Richardson Arctic expedition and search...

HMS Investigator) only to Somerset Island because of ice. Centre: Rae–Richardson Arctic expedition Mackenzie River and along the coast. West: HMS Plover, HMS...

Sir John Richardson FRS FRSE (5 November 1787 – 5 June 1865) was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and Arctic explorer. Richardson was born at Nith...

John Ross, the First Grinnell expedition under Lieutenant Edwin De Haven and the overland Rae–Richardson Arctic expedition. As the weather warmed in mid-May...

three Arctic expeditions to be led by John Franklin and also included George Back and John Richardson, both of whom would become notable Arctic explorers...

discovered by John Rae in 1854. In 1845, a lavishly equipped two-ship expedition led by Sir John Franklin sailed to the Canadian Arctic to chart the last...

other expeditions sent to find Franklin were the Rae–Richardson Arctic expedition and the expedition aboard HMS Plover and HMS Herald through the Bering...

Arctic exploration is the physical exploration of the Arctic region of the Earth. It refers to the historical period during which mankind has explored...