The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company Including that of the French Traders of North-Western Canada and of the North-West, XY, and Astor Fur Companies

CHAPTER XXXII.

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EXPLORERS IN THE FAR NORTH.

The North-West Passage again--Lieutenant John Franklin's land expedition--Two lonely winters--Hearne's mistake corrected--Franklin's second journey--Arctic sea coast explored--Franklin knighted--Captain John Ross by sea--Discovers magnetic pole--Magnetic needle nearly perpendicular--Back seeks for Ross--Dease and Simpson sent by Hudson's Bay Company to explore--Sir John in _Erebus_ and _Terror_--The Paleocrystic Sea--Franklin never returns--Lady Franklin's devotion--The historic search--Dr. Rae secures relics--Captain McClintock finds the cairn and written record--Advantages of the search 315