Franklin's Lost Expedition - List of Search Expeditions

List of Search Expeditions

  • 1848:
    • East: James Clark Ross, (HMS Enterprise (1848), HMS Investigator (1848)) only to Somerset Island because of ice.
    • Center: Rae-Richardson Arctic Expedition Mackenzie River and along the coast.
    • West: HMS Plover-HMS Herald to Bering Strait; William Pullen reaches Mackenzie by whaleboat.
  • 1850:
    • West:Richard Collinson (HMS Enterprise), Robert McClure (HMS Investigator) to Bering Strait. McClure frozen in at Banks Island, when rescued becomes first man to cross the northwest passage. Collinson reaches Coronation Gulf, furthest east of any ship.
    • East:Horatio Austin (HMS Resolute (1850)), Erasmus Ommanney (HMS Assistance (1850)), plus 2 steam tenders Pioneer and Intrepid. Ommanney finds Franklin's Beechey Island camp. Austin's four and the below ships gather around Beechey Island, are frozen in and in spring send out sledge expeditions in all directions. They leave the Arctic before winter in 1851.
    • East:Charles Forsyth (Prince Albert) financed by Lady Franklin; sledge on Somerset Island to Fury Beach.
    • East:William Penny (Lady Franklin and Sophia) .
    • East:John Ross (Arctic explorer)(schooner Felix)
    • East:Edwin de Haven (USS Rescue (1850), USS Advance (1850)) = First Grinnell Expedition
  • 1851: William Kennedy (explorer) (Prince Albert again) finds Bellot Strait proving that Somerset Island is an island.
  • 1852:
    • Edward Augustus Inglefield in northern Baffin Bay.
    • Edward Belcher in five ships;much sledge exploration; rescues McClure; 4 ships abandoned in the ice. Breadalbane (ship) crushed by ice.
  • 1854: John Rae (explorer) learns where Franklin lost his ship.
  • 1855: Anderson and Stewart descend the Back River and find relics in Chantry Inlet.
  • 1857:Francis Leopold McClintock finds relics at King William Island
  • 1869:Charles Francis Hall at King William Island
  • 1875:Allen Young blocked at Peel Sound
  • 1878:Frederick Schwatka at King William Island
  • Modern: See scientific expeditions below.

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