HMS Enterprise in Camden Bay 1852
HMS Enterprise ice-bound in Camden Bay, during the winter of 1852. Commanded by Captain Richard Collinson, the Enterprise was sent in 1850 to search the Northwest passage for any survivors of the 1845 Sir John Franklin expedition. The expedition returned home to Britain in 1855, having successfully proved the existence of the Northwest passage, but having found little trace of Franklin
Picture No
10217566
Media ID
46001164
Size
6342px x 3812px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustrated London News. 1855, page 17
Date
1855
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