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When doubts of Sir John Franklin's success to locate the Northwest Passage surfaced at the end of 1847, officials at the British Admiralty in London sent out three search expeditions to bring Franklin and his crew home.
Captain Henry Kellet was instructed to sail to the Bering Strait, while James Clark Ross was sent to trace the original path of the Franklin expedition and went into Lancaster Sound. A third party, led by Dr. John Rae and John Richardson, was sent down the Mackenzie River.
The failure of all three search parties led many to believe that something went terribly wrong on Franklin's journey.
On April 17, 1850, an advertisement appeared in the Toronto Globe concerning rewards being offered for any information leading to the retrieval of Franklin and his men. »
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