The Franklin Expedition would be Graham Gore’s most notorious assignment, and the one that would ultimately cost him his life. But at first the sentiment aboard the HMS Erebus and Terror and amongst the public was high-spirited and overall optimistic.
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A hit from Tumblr remastered: Some considerations about the ship dog(s) of HMS Erebus.
Landseer, Edwin Henry (c. 1838): A Distinguished Member of the Humane Society
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