Resources
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Halford & Co. to John Thomas Briggs (August 27, 1846), in: Medal Rolls. List of Claims for Medals for Service in Syria and China, in: National Archives, Kew, London (UK), ADM 171/7 [mobile]
McClure, Robert John Le Mesurier (June 13, 1836 - September 20, 1837): The Private Journal of R. J. Le M. McClure of the Voyage of Discovery on Board H.M.S “Terror” under the Command of Captain George Back, in Search of a North-West Passage, Commencing June 1836 & Ending September 1837, in: Royal Geographical Society, Kensington, London (UK), ar SSC/106/1 COMING SOON
Medal Rolls. Arctic Medals 1818-1855, in: National Archives, Kew, London (UK), ADM 171/9 COMING SOON
Officers’ Service Record (Series III). Gore, Graham, in: National Archives, Kew, London (UK), ADM 196/4/373 [mobile]
Owen Stanley to William Stanley (September 3, 1837), in: Cheshire Record Office, Chester (UK), DSA 199 (via Trove, accessed on May 7, 2025) COMING SOON
Owen Stanley to Graham Gore (April 1841), in: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London (UK). Object ID STK/32A (via Trove, accessed on March 19, 2025) [mobile]
Stanley, Owen (1836-37): Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of the N.W. Passage in H.M.S. Terror, Captain Geo Back. Kept by Owen Stanley Lieut in the Years 1836 1837, in: University of Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto (CA), MSS 01003 COMING SOON
Primary
Objects
Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge (UK) - Picture Library: Collections
Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge (UK) - Polar Museum: Collections
Letters, Manuscripts and Newspapers
Potter, Russell et al. (2023, ed.): May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth. Letters of the Lost Franklin Arctic Expedition. London (UK) et al. McGill-Queen’s University Press
Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge (UK) - Archives: Catalogue
Narratives
Stokes, John Lort (1846): Discoveries in Australia. With an Account of the Coast and Rivers. Explored and Survey during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43 (vol. 1 / vol. 2). London (UK), T. and W. Boone
Maps
Secondary
Blogs
Literature
Beattie, Owen / Geiger, John (2017, 3rd ed.): Frozen in Time. The Fate of the Franklin Expedition. Vancouver (Canada), Greystone Books
Potter, Russell (2016): Finding Franklin. The Untold Story of a 165-Year Search. London (UK) et al. McGill-Queen’s University Press
Woodman, David (2015, 2nd ed.): Unravelling the Franklin Mystery. Inuit Testimony. London (UK) et al. McGill-Queen’s University Press (McGill-Queen’s Native and Northern Series 5)
Blog
From Australia with love? An introduction to the art pieces drawn aboard HMS Beagle by Gore (and those he possibly didn’t).
oil on canvas (c. 1842/post 1846), after Gore, Graham (c. 1841-43): Burial Reach, Flinders River
Source: National Library of Australia, Canberra. Object ID 347849 (PDM 1.0)