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    Posted: 14-Jan-2013 at 14:36
In 1845 John Franklin departed England to chart the Northwest passage. His ships and crew of 128 ended up stranded in the ice and, one by one, succumbed to scurvy, lead poisoning from their canned food, or resorted to cannibalism. Despite his failure, however, Franklin was praised as a hero by the Victorian press
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The story of the exploration and search of the NW Passage is one of the great ones of all times.
And with no disrespect to Franklin and his gallant crew and effort; encompasses a great deal of work and expeditions. Among just a few Ulloa, Drake, Cabot, de Fuca, Gomes, Frobisher, Cook, Vancouver, MacKenzie and McClure etc....ring out as some of the greatest expeditions ever launched. Roald Amundson success from 1903-06 rests squarely on the backs of those intrepid men before him.
 
 
 
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Martin Frobisher reached northeastern Canada in 1577. He discovered what he thought was gold, but was actually worthless iron pyrites
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Caspar_David_Friedrich_006.jpg/800px-Caspar_David_Friedrich_006.jpg
The "Sea of Ice" has a suprisingly modern feel to it, but was painted in 1823 by Caspar Friedrich
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