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H.M.S. Investigator
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The Discovery of the North-West Passage by H.M.S. "Investigator" Capt. R. M'Clure, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854; Robert McClure. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857.
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Franklin expedition reward poster
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McClure and his shipmates searched the Arctic for Franklin and his crew, continuing by sledge when their ship became frozen in ice
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H.M.S. Investigator, Baring Island, N.W.T., 1851
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Credit: National Archives of Canada/C-016105
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Roald Amundsen
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Roald Amundsen's The North West Passage: Being a Record of a Voayage of Exploration of the ship Gjöa, 1903-1907; Roald Amundsen. New York: Dutton, 1908.
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Amundsen's ship, the Gjöa
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Roald Amundsen's The North West Passage: Being a Record of a Voayage of Exploration of the ship Gjöa, 1903-1907; Roald Amundsen. New York: Dutton, 1908.
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Amundsen's Gjöa was the first ship to travel through the Northwest Passage
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On his first voyage, aboard the Belgica, Amundsen helped the ship's crew survive thirteen months stuck in the Antarctic
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Inuk with sledge
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Roald Amundsen's The North West Passage: Being a Record of a Voayage of Exploration of the ship Gjöa, 1903-1907; Roald Amundsen. New York: Dutton, 1908.
Source: National Library of Canada

Roald Amundsen, before and after 25 days in the Arctic
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Air Pioneering in the Arctic: The Two Polar Flights of Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth; Roald Amundsen. New York: National Americana Society, 1929, plate no. 27.
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