013 - Chapter 12
In 1857, Lady Jane Franklin, the devoted wife of the missing Sir John Franklin, sought answers about her husbands ill-fated expedition to find the Northwest Passage. To uncover the truth, she commissioned Captain Francis McClintock and equipped him with the steam yacht Fox. This gripping account narrates McClintocks two-year journey, starting with a daunting attempt to navigate the treacherous Davis Strait, which led to the Fox becoming trapped in the relentless sea ice off Greenland. As the seasons changed, McClintock persevered, eventually reaching the remote islands of the Canadian Arctic…
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