Who was the leader of the Franklin Expedition?
Francis Crozier
John Franklin
James Ross
Robert FitzRoy
Answer
John Franklin, a renowned British explorer, led the ill-fated Franklin Expedition. This expedition, launched in 1845, aimed to find the Northwest Passage, a navigable route through the Arctic connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Franklin and his crew of 129 men embarked on two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, but became trapped in ice and eventually perished.
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