Major expeditions involved in the search for HMS Erebus and HMS Terror:
1846–47 |
Dr. John Rae (overland) |
1847–49 |
Sir John Richardson and Dr. John Rae (overland) |
1848–49 |
Captain Sir James Clark Ross, Captain E.J. Bird (HMS Enterprise & HMS Investigator) |
1848–50 |
Captain Henry Kellett (HMS Herald) |
1848–52 |
Captain Thomas Moore (HMS Plover) |
1849–50 |
Lieutenant James Saunders (HMS North Star) |
1850–51 |
U.S. Navy Lieutenant Edwin J. De Haven, U.S. Navy Lieutenant S.R Griffin (Advance & Rescue) |
1850–51 |
Captain Horatio Austin, Captain Erasmus Ommanney, Lieutenant Sherard Osborn, Lieutenant Bertie Cator (HMS Resolute, HMS Assistance, HMS Intrepid, HMS Pioneer)* |
1850–51 |
Captain William Penny, Alexander Stewart (Lady Franklin & Sophia) * |
Rear Admiral Sir John Ross (Felix) |
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1850 |
Captain C.C. Forsyth (Prince Albert) |
1850–55 |
Captain Richard Collinson (HMS Enterprise) |
1850–54 |
Commander Robert McClure (HMS Investigator) |
1851 |
Dr. John Rae (overland) |
1851–52 |
Captain William Kennedy (Prince Albert) |
1852 |
Commander Edward Augustus Inglefield (Isabel) |
1852–54 |
Captain Sir Edward Belcher, Sherard Osborn, Captain Henry Kellett, Commander Francis Leopold M’Clintock (HMS Assistance, HMS Pioneer, HMS Resolute, HMS Intrepid) |
1852–54 |
William John Samuel Pullen (HMS North Star) |
1853 |
Captain Edward Augustus Inglefield, William Fawckner (HMS Phoenix & HMS Breadalbane) |
1853–54 |
Dr. John Rae (overland)* |
1853–55 |
U.S. Navy Dr. Elisha Kent Kane (Advance) |
1855 |
Chief Factor John Anderson (overland) |
1857–59 |
Captain Francis Leopold M’Clintock, Lieut. William Robert Hobson (Fox)* |
1869 |
Charles Francis Hall (overland)* |
1878–80 |
U.S. Lieut. Frederick Schwatka (overland)* |
*Made significant discoveries of Franklin expedition relics