My sincere condolences
My sincere condolences
Happy New Year!
And to you! All very best wishes of the Season!
βVixensβ perhaps?
And hereβs an article which hypothesises what Crozier and the Expedition officers may have been celebrating on this day, if not Crozierβs birthday: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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2 Mar. 1847 - JCR wrote that no one acquainted with the navigation of the region would expect Franklin to pass through Bering Strait without at least 2 overwinters, the expedition was provisioned on full allowance for 3 years, stretchable to 4 & he t/fore would not send after them until Spring 1848
And yet by 3 August 1847, James Ross had secured the agreement of Edward Bird and Dr John Robertson to accompany him on a search expedition under his command. So many friendships riven by the loss of the Expeditionβ¦
For those with an interest in the life of Sir James Clark Ross, his βspot of many happy associationsβ, Wadworth Hall, Doncaster is on the market and particulars can be found here: www.carterjonas.co.uk/house/for-sa...