19 May 1845–22 April 1848
Franklin’s Lost Expedition
John Franklin’s two-ship expedition entered the Canadian Arctic in search of a Northwest Passage. Both ships were trapped in ice and all 129 remaining crew members died.
Place
Beechey Island
The expedition’s first Arctic wintering place, identified by graves and archaeological remains.
Coordinates74.72, -91.85
Related expeditions
Sources and further reading
- Franklin’s 1845 Expedition, Parks Canada. Official overview, route maps, chronology, and Inuit knowledge context.
- Wikidata Geographic Coordinates, Wikimedia Foundation and Wikidata contributors. CC0 geographic coordinates used to verify unambiguous named places during the July 2026 coordinate audit. This source supports contemporary point placement only, not historical route or chronology claims.