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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/LIB/6/4
TitlePublished material produced by Canadian organisations, collected by members of the Gell family
Date1909-1963
Extent10 items
LevelSubSeries
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorGell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Administrative HistoryThroughout the 20th century the Canadian government have send expeditions to the north Arctic area to survey it and to look for further evidence about Sir John Franklin's expedition and the expeditions which were sent to look for it or evidence of its fate. It eventually resulted in the finding of the expedition ships H.M.S. Erebus and Terror in 2014 and 2016.
FormatPrinted
TermExplorers
Arctic regions
Geographical exploration
Franklin Expedition (1845)

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