second overland expedition to the Arctic (1825–1827)

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The second overland expedition to the Arctic (1825–1827) was a British exploratory journey led by John Franklin to chart the northern coast of North America and gather scientific data in the high Arctic.

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instanceOf Arctic exploration expedition ⓘ
British expedition ⓘ
scientific expedition ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Franklin’s second overland Arctic expedition ⓘ
Second Franklin overland expedition ⓘ
commander John Franklin ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
departureLocation Mackenzie Valley ⓘ
surface form: Great Slave Lake region
documentedBy John Franklin ⓘ
documentedIn Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea ⓘ
surface form: Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea
endTime 1827 ⓘ
era 19th-century Arctic exploration ⓘ
explorationArea Arctic Ocean coast ⓘ
northern coast of North America ⓘ
follows Coppermine expedition ⓘ
surface form: Coppermine Expedition of 1819–1822
hasTimeSpan 1825–1827 ⓘ
leader John Franklin ⓘ
location present-day Canada ⓘ
member Edward Nicholas Kendall ⓘ
George Back ⓘ
John Richardson ⓘ
Peter Warren Dease ⓘ
Thomas Drummond ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
notableFor relatively low loss of life compared to earlier Franklin expedition ⓘ
systematic coastal surveying ⓘ
objective chart the northern coast of North America ⓘ
gather scientific data in the high Arctic ⓘ
partOf British exploration of the Arctic ⓘ
purpose search for a Northwest Passage by defining Arctic coastlines ⓘ
result charted large portions of the Arctic coast of North America ⓘ
collected scientific observations in the high Arctic ⓘ
improved maps of the Arctic coastline ⓘ
risk extreme cold ⓘ
sea ice and pack ice conditions ⓘ
routeFeature Arctic coast west and east of the Mackenzie River delta ⓘ
Mackenzie River ⓘ
scientificDiscipline geography ⓘ
hydrography ⓘ
magnetism ⓘ
meteorology ⓘ
natural history ⓘ
sponsor Admiralty (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: British Admiralty
startTime 1825 ⓘ
usedSupport Hudson’s Bay Company posts ⓘ
Indigenous guides and knowledge ⓘ
usedTransport boats ⓘ
overland travel on foot ⓘ
sledges ⓘ

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John Franklin → tookPartIn → second overland expedition to the Arctic (1825–1827) ⓘ
first overland expedition to the Arctic Ocean (1819–1822) → predecessorOf → second overland expedition to the Arctic (1825–1827) ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Franklin’s second Arctic expedition (1825–1827)
Coppermine expedition → followedBy → second overland expedition to the Arctic (1825–1827) ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Franklin's second Arctic expedition of 1825–1827