Title: Discovering the North-West Passage
Description: From 1850 to 1854, the ambitious Commander Robert McClure captained the HMS Investigator on a voyage in search of the missing Franklin Expedition, which sailed from England into the Arctic in 1845 to map the last uncharted section of the North-West Passage. The Investigator and her consort the Enterprise were to pass through the Bering Strait from the west but a Pacific storm separated them, never to meet again. Obsessed with traversing the passage, McClure pressed on and HMS Investigator spent three years trapped in pack ice in Mercy Bay before the crew abandoned ship on foot.
Subjects: Investigator (Ship), Travel, British, Search and rescue operations, Discovery and exploration, History, Northeast passage, Arctic regions, discovery and exploration
Places: Northwest Passage, Arctic regions
People: Robert John Le Mesurier McClure Sir (1807-1873)
Time periods: 19th century