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The Franklin Expedition has earned the status of being the most extensive of Arctic searches of all time.
Born April 16, 1786, Sir John Franklin joined the Royal Navy at 14 years of age. Thirty-three years later, Franklin was put in command of an expedition, ordered by the British Admiralty, to map the uncharted Arctic coast of North America in 1819. He was successful in surveying 340 kilometres, east of the Coppermine River.
Franklin was promoted to captain and then knighted in 1829 when he returned from a second expedition after discovering another 640 kilometres of icy terrain.
On May 5, 1845, this successful explorer was given official instructions for a three-year expedition to locate the Northwest Passage linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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