1930–1931: British Arctic Air Route Expedition was an expedition, led by Gino Watkins, that aimed to draw improved maps and charts of poorly surveyed sections of Greenland's coastline

Map of the Arctic Archipelago in northern Canada showing the routes of Sir John Franklin’s three Arctic expeditions. The route of his final and unsuccessful expedition is shown in red.

Franklin expedition, British expedition (1845–48), led by Sir John Franklin, to find the Northwest Passage through Canada and to record magnetic information as a possible aid to navigation. The …

Below is a selected timeline highlighting exploration and expeditions to Arctic regions in the late nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth century. This timeline has been created using …

Besides the Government’s disinterest in sending out any more North Pole or Northwest passage expeditions, Arctic exploration had to be put on ice due to the commencement of the French and …

William Edward Parry, a British naval officer, takes his first voyage in search of the Northwest Passage. This is the first expedition to enter the Arctic Archipelago. He reached 110°W before ice prevented …

Apr 10, 2025 · When the two vessels and 129 officers and men of the Franklin Expedition disappeared without trace in 1847 whilst searching for the north-west passage, official Arctic exploration was …

The aim of the expedition was to search for a potential sea route through the Arctic’s northwest passage. Led by Sir John Franklin, 129 men sailed aboard two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror.

Dec 22, 2025 · British naval officer James Clark Ross identified the location of the North Magnetic Pole while on an expedition on the Victory to find the Northwest Passage. As the century went on, more …

While the more famous search expeditions were underway in 1850, Robert McClure set out on the little-known McClure Arctic expedition on HMS Investigator to also investigate the fate of Franklin's voyage.