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The End of Sir John Franklin's Arctic Expedition, 1845
Engraving showing the end of Sir John Franklin's ill-fated Arctic expedition of 1845, entitled 'They Forged the last link with their lives'. This engraving was taken from a painting by W. Thomas Smith, exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1896. In 1845 the British Admiralty sent two polar exploration ships, HMS 'Erebus' and HMS 'Terror', to look for the Northwest passage round the northern coast of Canada. The expedition, commanded by Sir John Franklin, disappeared from view late in 1845 and none of the men were ever seen again. In fact the ships made it to the King William Island region, then got stuck in the ice. With supplies running out the surviving crew abandoned ship and headed south. However, none made it to safety and it is all died from disease, exposure or starvation. This image shows the end of that desperate attempt to reach safety. From 1848 onwards a number of relief expeditions were sent to find Franklin, but it was only in 1859 that Francis Leopold McClintock was finally able to confirm Franklin's fate.
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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Racing pigeon release
Racing pigeons released from their traps from transport lorries at the start of a race from Worcestershire to Tipton in The Black Country in the English Midlands Date: 1992
© Philip Dunn / Mary Evans Picture Library
1990s, 1990s, 1992, 90s, Coo, Fancier, Fanciers, Fancy, Flutter, Fly, Flying, Homing, Navigation, Nineties, Pigeon, Pigeons, Race, Racing, Reach, Release, Sky, Start
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Animals at a French Zoo - Springbok
Animals at a French Zoo - Springbok - small short-horned antelope. Part of Box 209 Boswell collection - Old and New French Zoo. Slide 7. The springbok is a medium-sized brown and white antelope-gazelle of southwestern Africa. It is extremely fast and can reach speeds of 100 km/h (62 mph) and can leap 4 m (13 feet) through the air. The common name 'springbok' comes from the Afrikaans and Dutch words spring = jump and bok = male antelope or goat. Date: circa 1900
© The Boswell Collection, Bexley Heritage Trust / Mary Evans
