Sir John Franklin set out with HMS Erebus and HMS Terror in 1845 on a voyage to find the North-West Passage, a vital sea route between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The expedition was commanded by Captain Sir John Franklin, a seasoned polar explorer who already had led two previous searches for the Northwest Passage. Both ships disappeared into the Arctic. All 129 men on board perished. It is the worst disaster in the history of British polar exploration.
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Sir John Franklin set out with HMS Erebus and HMS Terror in 1845 on a voyage to find the North-West Passage, a vital sea route between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The expedition was commanded by Captain Sir John Franklin, a seasoned polar explorer who already had led two previous searches for the Northwest Passage. Both ships disappeared into the Arctic. All 129 men on board perished. It is the worst disaster in the history of British polar exploration.

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