Francis McClintock
Admiral Sir Francis Leopold McClintock KCB FRS (8 July 1819 – 17 November 1907) was an Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy, known for his discoveries in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. He confirmed explorer John Rae's controversial report gat
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Admiral Sir Francis Leopold McClintock KCB FRS (8 July 1819 – 17 November 1907) was an Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy, known for his discoveries in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. He confirmed explorer John Rae's controversial report gathered from Inuit sources on the fate of Franklin's lost expedition, the ill-fated Royal Navy undertaking commanded by Sir John Franklin in 1845 to be the first to traverse the Northwest Passage.
McClintock's report was received comparably more favourable than Rae's, who was shunned and denied the recognition of having discovered the lost expeditions' fate. Rae's report ultimately guided McClintock to the correct area to conduct a search. McClintock also stirred controversy by with his claim that Franklin, before his death, had essentially uncovered the Northwest Passage while in reality he had not. With his discovery of Rae Strait, Rae had discovered the real ice-free passage through North America's Arctic archipelago.
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