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John Franklin, the Glossary

Sir John Franklin (16 April 1786 – 11 June 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer and colonial administrator.^[1]

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Aberdeen

Aberdeen (Aiberdeen,; Obar Dheathain; Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous Scottish city.

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Adelaide Peninsula

Adelaide Peninsula (Iluilik), ancestral home to the Illuilirmiut Inuit, is a large peninsula in Nunavut, Canada.

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The Admiralty was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy until 1964, historically under its titular head, the Lord High Admiral – one of the Great Officers of State.

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892), was an English poet.

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American Journal of Roentgenology

The American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) is a monthly peer-reviewed journal that covers topics in radiology.

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Antarctic

The Antarctic (or, American English also or; commonly) is a polar region around Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole.

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Anthropology

Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including archaic humans.

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Arctic

The Arctic is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth.

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Arctic (journal)

Arctic is a quarterly, peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary, scientific journal, published by the Arctic Institute of North America.

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Arctic Archipelago

The Arctic Archipelago, also known as the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is an archipelago lying to the north of the Canadian continental mainland, excluding Greenland (an autonomous territory of Denmark) and Iceland (an independent country).

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Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, (13 December 1815 – 18 July 1881), known as Dean Stanley, was an English Anglican priest and ecclesiastical historian.

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Arthurs Seat, Victoria

Arthurs Seat is a mountainous and small locality on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, about 85 km south east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula local government area.

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Athenaeum Club, London

The Athenaeum is a gentlemen's club in London, founded in 1824.

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Battle of Copenhagen (1801)

The Battle of Copenhagen of 1801 (Danish: Slaget på Reden), also known as the First Battle of Copenhagen to distinguish it from the Second Battle of Copenhagen in 1807, was a naval battle in which a British fleet fought and defeated a smaller force of the Dano-Norwegian Navy anchored near Copenhagen on 2 April 1801.

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Battle of Lake Borgne

The Battle of Lake Borgne was a coastal engagement between the Royal Navy and the U.S. Navy in the American South theatre of the War of 1812.

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Battle of Pulo Aura

The Battle of Pulo Aura was a minor naval engagement of the Napoleonic Wars, fought on 14 February 1804, in which a large convoy of Honourable East India Company (HEIC) East Indiamen, well-armed merchant ships, intimidated, drove off and chased away a powerful French naval squadron.

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Battle of Trafalgar

The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement that took place on 21 October 1805 between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition (August–December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815).

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BBC Online

BBC Online, formerly known as BBCi, is the BBC's online service.

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Beechey Island

Beechey Island (script) is an island located in the Arctic Archipelago of Nunavut, Canada, in Wellington Channel. John Franklin and Beechey Island are Franklin's lost expedition.

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Bering Strait

The Bering Strait (Beringov proliv) is a strait between the Pacific and Arctic oceans, separating the Chukchi Peninsula of the Russian Far East from the Seward Peninsula of Alaska.

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Boothia Peninsula

Boothia Peninsula (formerly Boothia Felix, Inuktitut Kingngailap Nunanga) is a large peninsula in Nunavut's northern Canadian Arctic, south of Somerset Island.

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Botulism

Botulism is a rare and potentially fatal illness caused by a toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum.

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Canadian Coast Guard

The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG; Garde côtière canadienne, GCC) is the coast guard of Canada.

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Canadian Medical Association Journal

The Canadian Medical Association Journal (French Journal de l'Association Médicale Canadienne) is a peer-reviewed open-access general medical journal published by the Canadian Medical Association.

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Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois

Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand, Comte de Linois (27 January 1761 – 2 December 1848) was a French admiral who served in the French Navy during the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Chennai

Chennai (IAST), formerly known as Madras, is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India.

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Chief secretary (British Empire)

Chief secretary was the title of a senior civil servant in various colonies of the British Empire.

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Coppermine expedition

The Coppermine expedition of 1819–1822 was a British overland undertaking to survey and chart the area from Hudson Bay to the north coast of Canada, eastwards from the mouth of the Coppermine River.

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Coppermine River

The Coppermine River is a river in the North Slave and Kitikmeot regions of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut in Canada.

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David Buchan

David Buchan (c. 1780 – after 8 December 1838) was a Scottish naval officer and Arctic explorer. John Franklin and David Buchan are explorers of the Arctic.

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Délı̨nę

The Charter Community of Délı̨nę (North Slavey) is located in the Sahtu Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada, on the western shore of Great Bear Lake and is northwest of Yellowknife.

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Disko Island

Disko Island (Qeqertarsuaq, Diskoøen) is a large island in Baffin Bay, off the west coast of Greenland.

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District of Franklin

The District of Franklin was a regional administrative district of Canada's Northwest Territories.

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East India Company

The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874.

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Eleanor Anne Porden

Eleanor Anne Porden (14 July 1795 – 22 February 1825) was a British Romantic poet.

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Emily, Lady Tennyson

Emily Sarah Tennyson, Baroness Tennyson (Sellwood; 9 July 1813 – 10 August 1896), known as Emily, Lady Tennyson, was the wife of the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and an author and composer in her own right.

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Fatal Passage

Fatal Passage: The Untold Story of John Rae, the Arctic Adventurer Who Discovered the Fate of Franklin is a book by Canadian historian and writer Ken McGoogan.

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Forensic science

Forensic science, also known as criminalistics, is the application of science principles and methods to support legal decision-making in matters of criminal and civil law.

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Fort Chipewyan

Fort Chipewyan, commonly referred to as Fort Chip, is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada, within the Regional Municipality (RM) of Wood Buffalo.

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Francis Crozier

Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier (17 October 1796 – disappeared 26 April 1848) was an Irish officer of the Royal Navy and polar explorer who participated in six expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic. John Franklin and Francis Crozier are 1840s missing person cases, Franklin's lost expedition, lost explorers and Recipients of the Polar Medal.

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Franklin Dam controversy

The Gordon-below-Franklin Dam (or simply Franklin Dam) project was a proposed dam on the Gordon River in Tasmania, Australia, that was never constructed.

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Franklin Island (Antarctica)

Franklin Island is an island long, lying in the Ross Sea about east of Cape Hickey, Victoria Land, Antarctica.

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Franklin Island (Greenland)

Franklin Island is one of three islands located in Kennedy Channel of Nares Strait in the high Arctic and is part of Avannaata municipality, Greenland.

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Franklin River

The Franklin River is a major perennial river located in the Central Highlands and western regions of Tasmania, Australia.

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Franklin Sound

Franklin Sound is a narrow waterway between the two largest islands, Flinders Island and Cape Barren Island in the Furneaux Group, at the southeastern end of Bass Strait, between Victoria and Tasmania, Australia.

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Franklin Square (Hobart)

Franklin Square is a oak-lined public square located in the Hobart City Centre in Tasmania, Australia.

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Franklin Strait

The Franklin Strait is an Arctic waterway in Northern Canada's territory of Nunavut.

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Franklin's gull

Franklin's gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) is a small (length 12.6–14.2 in, 32–36 cm) gull.

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Franklin's lost expedition

Franklin's lost expedition was a failed British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin that departed England in 1845 aboard two ships, and, and was assigned to traverse the last unnavigated sections of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic and to record magnetic data to help determine whether a better understanding could aid navigation. John Franklin and Franklin's lost expedition are 1840s missing person cases and formerly missing people.

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Franklin, Quebec

Franklin is a Canadian municipality located in the Montérégie region of Quebec along the Canada–US border.

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Franklin, Tasmania

Franklin is a small township on the western side of the Huon River in the south-east of Tasmania, between Huonville and Geeveston.

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Frederick William Beechey

Frederick William Beechey (17 February 1796 – 29 November 1856) was an English naval officer, artist, explorer, hydrographer and writer. John Franklin and Frederick William Beechey are British polar explorers, English explorers of North America, explorers of Canada and explorers of the Arctic.

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French Revolutionary Wars

The French Revolutionary Wars (Guerres de la Révolution française) were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802.

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George IV

George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death in 1830.

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Glyptotheque

A glyptotheque is a collection of sculptures.

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Governor of Tasmania

The governor of Tasmania is the representative in the Australian state of Tasmania of the monarch, currently King Charles III. John Franklin and governor of Tasmania are governors of Tasmania.

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Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations

The Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations et Voyages de Découverte (Great Gold Medal of Exploration and Journeys of Discovery) has been awarded since 1829 by the Société de Géographie of France for journeys whose outcomes have enhanced geographical knowledge.

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Great Bear Lake

Great Bear Lake (Sahtú; Grand lac de l'Ours) is a lake in the boreal forest of Canada.

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Great Slave Lake

Great Slave Lake is the second-largest lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada (after Great Bear Lake), the deepest lake in North America at, and the tenth-largest lake in the world by area.

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Greenhithe, Kent

Greenhithe is a village in the Borough of Dartford in Kent, England, and the civil parish of Swanscombe and Greenhithe.

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Gulf of Boothia

The Gulf of Boothia is a body of water in Nunavut, Canada.

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Hayes River

The Hayes River is a river in Northern Manitoba, Canada, that flows from Molson Lake to Hudson Bay at York Factory.

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Hobart

Hobart ((palawa kani: nipaluna) is the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia. Located in Tasmania's south-east on the estuary of the River Derwent, it is the southernmost capital city in Australia. Despite containing nearly half of Tasmania's population, Hobart is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-smallest by population and area after Darwin if territories are taken into account.

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Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte (– 21 October 1805) was a British flag officer in the Royal Navy.

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Hudson Bay

Hudson Bay, sometimes called Hudson's Bay (usually historically), is a large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada with a surface area of.

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Hudson's Bay Company

The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is an American and Canadian-based retail business group. John Franklin and Hudson's Bay Company are Canadian folklore.

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Human cannibalism

Human cannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings.

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Huon River

The Huon River is a perennial river located in the south-west and south-east regions of Tasmania, Australia.

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Hypothermia

Hypothermia is defined as a body core temperature below in humans.

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Ice hockey

Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport.

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Inuit

Inuit (ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, ᐃᓄᒃ, dual: Inuuk, ᐃᓅᒃ; Iñupiaq: Iñuit 'the people'; Greenlandic: Inuit) are a group of culturally and historically similar Indigenous peoples traditionally inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of North America, including Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Yukon (traditionally), Alaska, and Chukotsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.

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James Clark Ross

Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862) was a British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer known for his explorations of the Arctic, participating in two expeditions led by his uncle John Ross, and four led by William Edward Parry, and, in particular, for his own Antarctic expedition from 1839 to 1843. John Franklin and James Clark Ross are 19th-century explorers, explorers of the Arctic, persons of National Historic Significance (Canada), Royal Navy personnel of the Napoleonic Wars and Royal Navy rear admirals.

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James Fitzjames

James Fitzjames (27 July 1813 – disappeared 26 April 1848) was a British Royal Navy officer who participated in two major exploratory expeditions, the Euphrates Expedition and the Franklin Expedition. John Franklin and James Fitzjames are 1840s missing person cases, explorers of Canada, explorers of the Arctic, Franklin's lost expedition, lost explorers and Recipients of the Polar Medal.

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Jane Franklin

Jane, Lady Franklin (née Griffin; 4 December 1791 – 18 July 1875) was a British explorer, seasoned traveler and the second wife of the English explorer Sir John Franklin. John Franklin and Jane Franklin are Franklin's lost expedition and van Diemen's Land people.

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Jane, My Love

Jane, My Love is a 1951 stage play by Catherine Shepherd about Jane Franklin and John Franklin.

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John Montagu (colonial secretary)

John Montagu (21 August 1797 – 4 November 1853) was a British army officer and civil servant who served as Colonial Secretary of Van Diemen's Land from 1834 to 1842, and Colonial Secretary of the Cape Colony from 1843 to 1853.

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John Murray (publishing house)

John Murray is a Scottish publisher, known for the authors it has published in its long history including Jane Austen, Arthur Conan Doyle, Lord Byron, Charles Lyell, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Herman Melville, Edward Whymper, Thomas Robert Malthus, David Ricardo, and Charles Darwin.

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John Rae (explorer)

John Rae (i,; 30 September 1813 – 22 July 1893) was a Scottish surgeon who explored parts of northern Canada. John Franklin and John Rae (explorer) are 19th-century explorers, explorers of Canada, explorers of the Arctic, Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society and persons of National Historic Significance (Canada).

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John Richardson (naturalist)

Sir John Richardson FRS FRSE (5 November 1787 – 5 June 1865) was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and Arctic explorer. John Franklin and John Richardson (naturalist) are 19th-century explorers, explorers of the Arctic and Royal Navy personnel of the Napoleonic Wars.

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Ken McGoogan

Kenneth McGoogan (born 1947) is the Canadian author of fifteen books, including Flight of the Highlanders, Dead Reckoning, 50 Canadians Who Changed the World, How the Scots Invented Canada, and four biographical narratives focusing on northern exploration and published internationally: Fatal Passage (John Rae), Ancient Mariner (Samuel Hearne), Lady Franklin's Revenge (Jane Franklin), and Race to the Polar Sea (Elisha Kent Kane).

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King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth

King Edward VI Grammar School (sometimes abbreviated to KEVIGS) is a grammar school located in Louth, Lincolnshire, England.

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King William Island

King William Island (Île du Roi-Guillaume; previously: King William Land; script) is an island in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, which is part of the Arctic Archipelago. John Franklin and King William Island are Franklin's lost expedition.

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Knight Bachelor

The title of Knight Bachelor is the basic rank granted to a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not inducted as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry; it is a part of the British honours system.

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Lady Franklin's Lament

"Lady Franklin's Lament" (also known as "Lord Franklin" and "The Sailor's Dream") is a traditional folk ballad indexed by George Malcolm Laws (Laws K09) and Steve Roud (Roud 487). John Franklin and Lady Franklin's Lament are Franklin's lost expedition.

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Lancaster Sound

Lancaster Sound is a body of water in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.

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Lead poisoning

Lead poisoning, also known as plumbism and saturnism, is a type of metal poisoning caused by lead in the body.

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Leopold McClintock

Sir Francis Leopold McClintock (8 July 1819 – 17 November 1907) was an Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy, known for his discoveries in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. John Franklin and Leopold McClintock are explorers of Canada, explorers of the Arctic, persons of National Historic Significance (Canada) and Royal Navy rear admirals.

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Lichen

A lichen is a symbiosis of algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species, along with a yeast embedded in the cortex or "skin", in a mutualistic relationship.

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Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire, abbreviated Lincs, is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a cathedral, port city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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London and Greenwich Railway

The London and Greenwich Railway (L&GR) was opened in London between 1836 and 1838.

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Louth, Lincolnshire

Louth is a market town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.

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Mackenzie River

The Mackenzie River (French: Fleuve (de) Mackenzie; Slavey: Deh-Cho, literally big river; Inuvialuktun: Kuukpak, literally great river) is a river in the Canadian boreal forest. It forms, along with the Slave, Peace, and Finlay, the longest river system in Canada, and includes the second largest drainage basin of any North American river after the Mississippi.

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Mackenzie River expedition

The Mackenzie River expedition of 1825–1827 was the second of three Arctic expeditions led by explorer John Franklin and organized by the Royal Navy.

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Mathinna (Tasmanian)

Mathinna (c.1835 – 1 September 1852) was an Aboriginal Tasmanian girl, who was adopted and later abandoned by the Governor of Van Diemen's Land, Sir John Franklin and his wife Lady Jane Franklin.

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Matthew Flinders

Captain Matthew Flinders (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was a British navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then called New Holland. John Franklin and Matthew Flinders are explorers of Australia.

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Matthew Noble

Matthew Noble (23 March 1817 – 23 June 1876) was a leading British portrait sculptor.

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McCrae Homestead

McCrae Homestead is an historic property located in McCrae, Victoria, Australia.

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Midshipman

A midshipman is an officer of the lowest rank in the Royal Navy, United States Navy, and many Commonwealth navies.

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Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions.

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Nathaniel Dance

Sir Nathaniel Dance (20 June 1748 – 25 March 1827) was an officer of the East India Company who had a long and varied career on merchant vessels, making numerous voyages to India and back with the fleets of East Indiamen.

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National Historic Sites of Canada

National Historic Sites of Canada (Lieux historiques nationaux du Canada) are places that have been designated by the federal Minister of the Environment on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada (HSMBC), as being of national historic significance.

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Nature (journal)

Nature is a British weekly scientific journal founded and based in London, England.

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North-Western Territory

The North-Western Territory was a region of British North America extant until 1870 and named for where it lay in relation to Rupert's Land.

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Northern Canada

Northern Canada (Nord du Canada), colloquially the North or the Territories, is the vast northernmost region of Canada, variously defined by geography and politics.

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Northwest Passage

The Northwest Passage (NWP) is the sea lane between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways through the Arctic Archipelago of Canada.

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Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories (abbreviated NT or NWT; Territoires du Nord-Ouest; formerly North-West Territories) is a federal territory of Canada.

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Nova (American TV program)

Nova (stylized as NOVΛ) is an American popular science television program produced by WGBH in Boston, Massachusetts, since 1974.

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Nunatsiaq News

Nunatsiaq News (italic) is a Canadian weekly newspaper in operation since 1973 based in Iqaluit, serving as the newspaper of record for the territory of Nunavut and the Nunavik region of Quebec.

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Nunavut

Nunavut (ᓄᓇᕗᑦ) is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada.

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Order of the Redeemer

The Order of the Redeemer (translit), also known as the Order of the Saviour, is an order of merit of Greece.

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Orkney

Orkney (Orkney; Orkneyjar; Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands (archaically "The Orkneys"), is an archipelago off the north coast of Scotland.

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Peter Warren Dease

Peter Warren Dease (January 1, 1788 – January 17, 1863) was a Canadian fur trader and Arctic explorer. John Franklin and Peter Warren Dease are 19th-century explorers, explorers of Canada and explorers of the Arctic.

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Pierre Berton

Pierre Francis de Marigny Berton, CC, O.Ont. (July 12, 1920 – November 30, 2004) was a Canadian historian, writer, journalist and broadcaster.

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Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli.

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Point Barrow

Point Barrow or Nuvuk is a headland on the Arctic coast in the U.S. state of Alaska, northeast of Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow).

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Port Phillip

Port Phillip (Kulin: Narm-Narm) or Port Phillip Bay is a horsehead-shaped enclosed bay on the central coast of southern Victoria, Australia.

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Posthumous promotion

A posthumous promotion is an advancement in rank or position in the case of a person who is dead.

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Rear admiral

Rear admiral is a flag officer rank used by English-speaking navies.

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Rear-Admiral of the Blue

Rear-Admiral of the Blue was a senior rank of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, immediately outranked by the rank Rear-Admiral of the White.

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Ross expedition

The Ross expedition was a voyage of scientific exploration of the Antarctic in 1839 to 1843, led by James Clark Ross, with two unusually strong warships, HMS ''Erebus'' and HMS ''Terror''.

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Royal Guelphic Order

The Royal Guelphic Order (Königlicher Guelphen-Orden), sometimes referred to as the Hanoverian Guelphic Order, is a Hanoverian order of chivalry instituted on 28 April 1815 by the Prince Regent (later King George IV).

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Royal Naval College, Greenwich

The Royal Naval College, Greenwich, was a Royal Navy training establishment between 1873 and 1998, providing courses for naval officers.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Royal Society of Tasmania

The Royal Society of Tasmania (RST) was formed in 1843.

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Scurvy

Scurvy is a disease resulting from a lack of vitamin C (ascorbic acid).

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Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet

Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet (21 June 1784 – 19 September 1854) was Lieutenant Governor of British Honduras from 1814 to 1822 and of Van Diemen's Land (present-day Tasmania) from 1824 to 1836. John Franklin and Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet are Australian penal colony administrators, governors of Tasmania and van Diemen's Land people.

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Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, 1st Baronet

Sir John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot, 1st Baronet (21 February 1783 – 3 February 1847) was a politician in the United Kingdom who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for North Warwickshire and then as Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land (later called Tasmania). John Franklin and Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, 1st Baronet are 1847 deaths, Australian penal colony administrators, governors of Tasmania and van Diemen's Land people.

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Skeleton

A skeleton is the structural frame that supports the body of most animals.

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Société de Géographie

The Société de Géographie, is the world's oldest geographical society.

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Solder

Solder (NA) is a fusible metal alloy used to create a permanent bond between metal workpieces.

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South China Sea

The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean.

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Spilsby

Spilsby is a market town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.

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Svalbard

Svalbard, previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.

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Tasmania

Tasmania (palawa kani: lutruwita) is an island state of Australia.

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Terror Bay

Terror Bay (ᐊᒥᑦᕈᖅ, Amitruq) is an Arctic waterway in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. John Franklin and Terror Bay are Franklin's lost expedition.

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The Companion to Tasmanian History

The Companion to Tasmanian History was a book produced in 2005 by the Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies at the University of Tasmania, in conjunction with the Tasmanian Government celebrations of the Bicentenary of Tasmania.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.

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Thomas Phillips

Thomas Phillips (18 October 1770 – 20 April 1845) was a leading English portrait and subject painter.

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Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is an infectious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria.

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University of Alberta

The University of Alberta (also known as U of A or UAlberta) is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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Victoria (state)

Victoria (commonly abbreviated as Vic) is a state in southeastern Australia.

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Victorian era

In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the reign of Queen Victoria, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.

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Vilhjalmur Stefansson

Vilhjalmur Stefansson (November 3, 1879 – August 26, 1962) was an Arctic explorer and ethnologist. John Franklin and Vilhjalmur Stefansson are explorers of Canada, explorers of the Arctic and persons of National Historic Significance (Canada).

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War of 1812

The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in North America.

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West Coast, Tasmania

The West Coast of Tasmania is one of the regions of Tasmania in Australia.

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Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London, England.

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William Edward Parry

Sir William Edward Parry (19 December 1790 – 8 July 1855) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for his 1819–1820 expedition through the Parry Channel, probably the most successful in the long quest for the Northwest Passage, until it was finally negotiated by Roald Amundsen in 1906. John Franklin and William Edward Parry are 19th-century explorers, English explorers of North America, explorers of Canada, explorers of the Arctic, persons of National Historic Significance (Canada) and Royal Navy rear admirals.

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Wilmot and Crampton Bay

Wilmot and Crampton Bay is an Arctic waterway in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. John Franklin and Wilmot and Crampton Bay are Franklin's lost expedition.

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Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site

The Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site is a National Historic Site of Canada near King William Island in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut. John Franklin and Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site are Franklin's lost expedition.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Franklin

Also known as Franklin, John, John Alexander Franklin, Lord Franklin, Sir Franklin, Sir John Alexander Franklin, Sir John Franklin, Sir John Franklin, KCH, FRGS.

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