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by McGoogan, Ken


  China, 10, 56

  Chipewyan, 33, 35, 37, 41, 46–47, 53–54

  Chouinard, Elizabeth, 152

  Christian (Inuk interpreter), 299

  Christiania (Oslo), 362, 363, 381

  Christian IV, 24

  Churchill, 30, 32, 33, 34, 40, 41, 147, 186, 256. See also Prince of Wales Fort

  Churchill River, 21, 25, 26, 51, 114

  Cincinnati, 327, 334, 335

  Clark, C. M. H., 352–53

  climate change, 4, 63–64, 322, 370, 406, 407

  Clipper Adventurer (Sea Adventurer), 3, 403

  Clowey Lake, 47, 48

  Collier, John, 19

  Collinson, Richard, 225, 230, 231, 321, 368

  colonialism, 406

  Colonial Office, 167, 169, 173

  Columbia River, 58

  Comfort, Charles Fraser, 188, 264

  Committee Bay, 189, 261

  Company of Adventurers (Newman), 5

  compasses, 15, 127–30

  Congo, 64

  Conneequese, 44

  Cook, Frederick A., 363, 374, 378

  Cook, James, 55, 56

  Cook Inlet, 56, 57, 59

  Copenhagen, 23, 30, 389

  copper, 38, 43

  Copper Indians, 33

  Coppermine (Kugluktuk), 51, 88

  Coppermine River (Far-Off Metal River), 37, 49

  1819–21 Franklin expedition, 88–89, 89, 90, 92, 93, 95, 97, 98–101, 103

  1825–26 Franklin expeditions, 111, 114, 117, 121, 145

  Dease expedition, 145, 148, 150

  Hearne expedition, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 55, 60, 88

  Knight expedition, 37, 38, 40

  Rae expeditions, 210, 211, 212–13, 215, 221, 227, 412

  Cornwallis Island, 304

  Coronation Gulf, 98, 101, 211, 215, 218, 221, 227

  Cortés, Hernán, 406

  coureurs de bois, 58

  Craciun, Adriana, 1, 9, 322

  Cracroft, Sophy, 298, 313, 334–35, 355, 356, 357

  Cree, 6, 32–33, 35, 37

  Cresswell, Samuel Gurney, 232, 286–87

  Crimean War, 286, 288, 291

  Crocker, George, 374, 377

  Crocker Land, 374, 376–77

  Crocker Land Expedition, 374, 376

  Croker, John Wilson, 77

  Croker Mountains, 77, 82, 83

  Crozier, Francis, 172, 304, 306, 394, 398–99

  Cuba, 294

  Cumberland House, 92, 93, 113, 122, 208, 209

  Cumberland Sound, 13, 86, 155, 158–59, 326, 383

  Curley, Tagak, 2

  Cyriax, R. J., 170, 292

  Cyrus Field Bay, 327–28

  Daily Telegraph, 314

  Dalles des Morts, 58

  Daly Bay, 344

  Danish Literary Expedition, 381–84

  Davis, John, 13–14, 63, 159

  Davis, Richard C., 99–100, 111, 121

  Davis Strait, 13, 69, 82–83, 327, 364

  Dean, Miqqusaaq Bernadette, 410–11

  Dease, Peter Warren, 114, 116, 139, 141, 152

  1836–39 expedition, 139, 141–45, 144, 146–47, 148–49, 150–51, 154, 228

  Dease Inlet, 143

  Dease Strait, 150, 222, 223

  Death Rapids, 58

  Deehr, Charles, 365

  de Gerlache, Adrien, 363

  De Haven, Edwin, 197, 198, 199, 203

  Delaware River, 15

  De Magnete (Gilbert), 15, 129–30

  Demarcation Point, 120

  Dene, 6, 33, 37, 114–15, 142. See also Yellowknife-Dene

  customs of, 46–47, 53–54

  relations with Cree, 35, 37, 94

  relations with Inuit, 33, 34, 47–48, 49–51, 97–98, 114–15

  Denmark, 70, 381, 389

  Derby, William, 91

  Detroit, 56

  Devil’s Thumb, 252

  Devon Island, 203, 205, 383

  Dickens, Charles, 177, 280–83, 281, 288, 393

  Discovery, 38, 341

  under Bylot, 21

  under Hudson, 15–16, 17, 18, 20

  Disko Bay, 176, 177, 299, 364

  Disko Island, 69–70, 379

  Disraeli, Benjamin, 314

  Dogrib, 33, 59, 94, 114

  dogsled, 216, 384–85

  Dolphin, 116

  Dolphin and Union Strait, 211, 215, 218, 219, 220

  Dorothea, HMS, 66

  Dorset people, 9

  Douglas Bay, 395

  Douglas Island, 218

  Drake, Sir Francis, 13

  Dr. Rae Meets Eskimos / Discovery of Franklin Expedition Relics (Comfort), 264

  Duck Islands, 252–53

  Dundas Harbour, 383

  Durban Island, 155

  Dutch East India Company, 15

  dysentery, 27

  Eagle (Alaska), 369

  Eastern Cree, 32

  Ebierbing, 326, 342, 344, 412

  1864–69 Hall expedition, 326, 328, 330, 398

  1871–72 Polaris expedition, 338, 340, 341

  1878–80 Schwatka expedition, 342, 344, 345, 347, 351, 400

  in New York City, 328

  economy, 405–6

  Edinburgh, 67, 69, 80, 81, 158, 182, 347

  Eenoolooapik, 155–59, 156, 325, 326, 412

  Ek-kee-pee-ree-a, 332

  Elizabeth I, 12

  Ellesmere Island, 75, 245, 341, 374, 375, 376

  “English Chief,” 59

  English River, 114

  Enterprise, HMS, 192, 225, 230

  equator, magnetic, 130

  Erebus, HMS, 176, 197, 223, 304, 305, 387, 392, 394, 399

  abandonment of, 306, 394

  discovery of, 322, 330, 388, 390, 391

  Inuit stories of, 302, 398, 400, 401

  Lady Franklin on, 175–77

  on memorials, 320

  Erebus Bay, 304, 332, 397

  Erik the Red’s Land, 389

  “Eskimo Round,” 240–41

  Etah (Greenland), 237

  Inuit of, 240, 248, 251, 383

  Kane expedition, 240, 242, 243, 244, 249, 251, 252

  Minik in, 371–74

  Polaris at, 341

  exhibitions of Inuit, 326, 328

  Faith, 246

  famine, 39

  Faraday, Michael, 111

  Far-Off Metal River. See Coppermine River (Far-Off Metal River)

  Fatal Passage (McGoogan), 405

  Fata Morgana, 77, 376

  Felix, 201, 203

  Felix Harbour, 133, 135, 136–37, 137–38

  Fifth Thule Expedition, 380, 384–88, 395, 398

  First Communication with the Natives of Prince Regent’s Bay, 72

  First Nations, 32–33

  First Thule Expedition, 384

  Fiskernaes (Greenland), 237

  Fitzjames, James, 171, 172, 306, 394

  Fitzpatrick Kathleen, 352

  Flagstaff Observatory, 363

  Flett, George, 189

  Flinders, Matthew, 163

  Fonte, Bartholomew de, 55–56

  forensic studies, 307, 330, 340, 395–96

  Fort Chimo, 122, 148

  Fort Chipewyan, 55, 95, 96

  Dease at, 142, 152

  Franklin at, 92, 93, 114, 121

  Mackenzie at, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60

  Fort Churchill, 26, 110, 113, 122

  Fort Confidence, 210, 221

  Dease expedition at, 143, 145, 148, 151

  Rae at, 210–11, 213, 214–15, 216, 227

  Fort Enterprise, 95–96, 98, 100, 102, 104–5, 106–8, 110, 220

  Fort Franklin, 114, 116, 117, 121

  Fort Garry, 139, 142, 153, 184

  Fort George, 209

  Fort Hope, 187, 258, 329

  Fort Norman, 114, 143

  Fort Providence, 93, 94

  Fort Reliance, 123, 153

  Fort Resolution, 114, 122, 123, 143

  Fort Ross, 300–301

  Fort Simpson, 114, 143, 145, 152, 207, 208

/>   Fort Wedderburn, 96

  Fort William, 113

  Fourth Thule Expedition, 384

  Fox, 295, 296, 298, 299, 300, 313

  Fox, Robert Were, 161

  foxes, 230

  Fox Islands, 300

  Franklin, Eleanor, 113, 115, 164

  Franklin, Jane, Lady, 163, 286

  and 1845–47 Franklin expedition, 171, 173–74, 175–77

  and Arctic exploration, 6, 353

  death of, 343, 356–57

  and discovery of Northwest Passage, 298–99, 319–22, 333, 355–56, 393

  and fate of Franklin expedition, 279, 280, 288–90, 305, 308–9, 313, 314, 334–35, 336, 353

  and Franklin’s reputation, 352–56

  and Franklin’s reputation and memory, 299, 319–20, 322–24, 354–56, 357–58

  influence on Franklin’s career, 166–67, 172–73

  and John Ross, 65, 66

  marriage, 162–64, 177, 357–58

  and Rae, 6, 279–80, 284–85

  recognitions and honours received, 314

  and search for Franklin expedition, 195, 196, 213, 283–84, 291–95, 296–98, 398

  travels of, 165, 168–69, 175, 177, 334–35, 352

  Franklin, Sir John, 89, 91, 123, 323, 354

  1819–22 expedition, 82, 88–89, 90–96, 97–105, 107–9, 112, 220, 353, 412

  1825–26 expeditions, 110–16, 112, 116–22, 123, 143, 145

  and 1836–37 Back expedition, 165–66

  1845–47 expedition (See Franklin expedition of 1845–47)

  as captain of Rainbow, 164–65

  and Northwest Passage discovery, 4–5, 284–87, 298–99, 306, 314, 333, 408–10

  death of, 304, 305, 393

  grave of, 315

  influence on historical writing, 1, 4–5, 6

  knighthood, 163

  marriage, 162–64, 177

  memorials and sculptures, 299, 313–14, 319–20, 322–23, 354–56, 357, 408

  portrait of, 246

  reputation, 169–71, 172, 352–54, 367–68

  search for Northwest Passage, 23, 122

  in Van Diemen’s Land, 167–69, 174, 352

  Franklin expedition of 1845–47, 4, 159, 278, 379, 412

  cannibalism among, 278–83, 284, 305, 314, 315, 330–33, 335–36, 347, 393, 397

  command of, 161–62, 171–75

  encampments, 202

  fate of, 277–83, 284, 288–90, 306–15, 343, 392–401

  footprints from, 332, 333, 349, 350, 351, 400

  gravesites, 5, 193, 194, 203–5, 288, 307, 336, 395

  human remains, analysis of, 330, 395–96, 397

  human remains, found in exploration, 330, 333, 345, 347, 388, 395, 397, 398, 401

  human remains, Inuit stories of, 265, 272, 278, 302, 330–33, 349, 350, 388, 393, 395, 399, 400, 401

  missed rescue of, 223, 225

  rations, 191

  recognitions and rewards in search for, 257, 288–90

  relics of, 203, 263–65, 270, 273, 277, 279, 288, 301, 305, 345, 397

  search for, 181, 190–93, 195–96, 201, 211, 213–14, 227, 230–31, 253, 287–90, 291–95, 297, 327

  significance of, 406–7

  wreckage and boats, 202, 226–27, 257, 272, 278, 304, 332, 350–51, 388 (See also Erebus, HMS; Terror, HMS)

  written records from, 203, 304–5, 312, 315, 342, 343, 393, 394, 398

  Franklin Strait, 268

  French Canadians, 58, 59, 109, 111, 186, 208

  Fretum Christian, 23–24

  Freuchen, Peter, 374, 383, 384

  Frobisher, Martin, 10, 10–13, 11, 63, 328

  Frobisher Bay, 11, 12, 13, 23, 328

  Frobisher Strait, 327

  frostbite, 108, 237, 270, 376

  Frozen Strait, 21

  Fuca, Juan de, 56

  Fullerton Harbour, 366

  fur trade, 35, 41, 56, 58, 100, 207

  Fury, HMS, 132, 133, 137

  Fury and Hecla Strait, 149, 153, 190

  Fury Beach, 133, 136, 137–38

  Garry Island, 115

  Gauss, Carl Friedrich, 131

  Geiger, John, 40, 395

  geomagnetism, 89–90, 127–32

  George B. Cluett, 377

  George Henry, 325, 327

  George V, 356

  German Marine Observatory, 363

  Gibraltar, 165

  Gibson, William “Paddy,” 395

  gifts, exchange of, 24, 74

  Gilbert, William, 15, 129–30

  Gilder, William Henry, 344, 349–50, 351

  Gjoa, 361, 364, 368

  Gjoa Haven (Uqsuqtuuq), 315, 362, 385, 387, 390, 395

  Amundsen in, 361, 364–65, 366

  Glenelg, Charles Grant, 1st Baron, 166, 167

  global warming. See climate change

  Godhavn (Qeqertarsuaq), 299, 364

  gold, 12, 35, 37, 38

  Goliath, 142

  Goodsir, Henry, 330

  Gore, Graham, 355

  Graham, Andrew, 51

  Grand Portage, 57

  Grant Point, 333, 349, 350, 400

  gravesites, 3, 5, 193, 194, 203–5, 234, 288, 307, 336, 395

  Great Bear Lake, 114, 116, 142, 143, 145, 149, 151

  Great Bear River, 114, 143

  Great Fish River (Back River), 146, 153, 165, 287, 288, 302, 394

  1845–47 Franklin expedition, 304, 306–7, 310, 349, 394, 399

  Great Slave Lake, 54, 57, 59, 60, 114, 121, 143, 209, 210, 213

  Green, George Pycock, 140

  Greene, Henry, 16, 17, 18, 20

  Greenhithe, 175, 177

  Greenland

  crossing of, 362

  ice cap, 70

  mapping of, 384

  Norwegian claim in, 389

  Greenland by the Polar Sea (Rasmussen), 384

  Greenland Inuit, 385

  and 1818 John Ross expedition, 70–71, 73–75

  and 1829–33 John Ross expedition, 133–34

  and 1853–55 Kane expedition, 239–42, 248, 250–51

  culture and history, 74–75, 382–83

  ethnography and census of, 240–41, 249, 381–84

  near Orkney Islands, 66–67

  trade, 70, 73

  Greenland service, 71

  Greenland Trading Company, 339, 341

  Greenstockings, 96

  Grey, Charles, 296–97

  Grieve, James, 183

  Griffin, Jane, 65, 66, 162–64. See also Franklin, Jane, Lady

  Griffin, John, 163

  Griffin, Samuel P., 202

  Grinnell, Henry, 294

  and fate of Franklin, 308–9, 333–34

  and Open Polar Sea, 195

  and search for Franklin expedition, 189, 195–96, 197, 291, 295, 327, 353

  and search for the North Pole, 335

  Griper, 82, 84

  Groton (Conn.), 342

  Gulf of Boothia, 133–34, 182

  Haddington, Thomas, Lord, 174–75

  Hall, Afton, 377

  Hall, Charles Francis, 326, 329, 339, 342

  1860–62 expedition, 325–26, 327–28

  1864–69 expedition, 307, 328–34, 335–36, 398, 399–400

  1871–72 Polaris expedition, 335, 337, 338, 339–40

  death of, 339–40

  and Frobisher expedition, 12, 328

  in histories of Northwest Passage, 5

  and Inuit oral history, 328, 330, 331–32, 335–36, 395, 398, 399–400

  Hall of Clestrain, 182, 183

  Hamburg, 363

  Hamilton, James, 194

  Hannah. See Tookoolito (Hannah)

  Hans Island, 243

  Hare people, 94

  Hargrave, James, 154, 186

  Hargrave, Letitia, 152, 186

  Harper, Kenn, 210, 371, 372, 374, 377

  Harris, Ryan, 390

  Hartnell, John, 203, 396

  Haslar hospital, 181

  Haswell, William, 229, 233

  Hayes River,
91–92

  Hearne, Samuel, 63

  1769 and 1770 expeditions, 44

  1770–72 expedition, 41–55, 50, 59, 86, 88, 90, 97, 98

  at Bloody Falls, 49–51, 97, 98

  in Hudson’s Bay Company, 26, 43–44, 52

  and Knight expedition, 39–40

  and indigenous peoples, 6, 43, 46–47, 48, 53–54, 345

  sketches, 53, 54

  Hecla, 82, 84

  Henderson, Bruce, 378

  Hendrik, Hans Christian (Suersaq), 238, 338–39

  1853–55 Kane expedition, 237–39, 241, 243–44, 338, 339

  1871–72 Polaris expedition, 337–38, 339, 341

  1875 Nares expedition, 341

  Henson, Matthew, 375, 376

  Hepburn, John, 92, 104, 105, 106

  Herschel Island, 369

  Hibernia, 192

  Historical Atlas of Manitoba, 26

  Hobart, 323

  Hobart (Tasmania), 131, 354

  Hobson, William, 302–4, 315

  Hoeootoerock (Junius), 96, 97, 104, 104, 110

  Holsteinborg (Sisimiut), 327

  Homeguard Cree, 32–33, 35, 37

  Hong Kong, 231

  Hood, Robert, 93, 95–96, 104, 105–6, 119

  Hood, Samuel, 43

  Hood River, 102, 103

  Hope, 248, 371

  Household Words (Dickens), 280, 281

  House of Commons, 293, 313–14

  inquiry into Northwest Passage awards, 284, 286–87, 289–90

  Houston, C. Stuart, 96, 99

  Hudson, Henry, 14–20, 19, 22, 23, 63, 411

  Hudson, John, 15–16, 19, 20

  Hudson Bay, 16, 21, 25, 48, 100, 149, 384

  Hudson’s Bay Company and, 32, 56

  and search for a Northwest Passage, 23, 38, 51, 60, 86, 149

  Hudson River, 15

  Hudson’s Bay Company, 300

  and 1819–21 Franklin expedition, 93, 96

  and 1825–26 Franklin expeditions, 122

  interpreters, 96

  and North West Company, 90–91, 100, 141

  Royal Charter, 32, 44

  and search for Franklin expedition, 283, 287

  support of exploration, 38, 44, 140–41

  trade, 35, 37–38, 41, 56, 207

  whaling, 43

  Hudson Strait, 12, 13–14, 16, 20, 21, 23–24, 30, 52, 165

  human remains, 39, 345, 347, 393

  as evidence of cannibalism, 278, 332, 397

  forensic results from, 395, 397, 398

  reported by Inuit, 39, 265, 278, 330, 332, 350, 387, 388, 395

  Humboldt, Alexander von, 130–31, 160, 195, 363

  Humboldt Glacier, 245, 340–41

  Humooke, 73

  Humpy, 114

  Hunter, Douglas, 15

  Huntford, Roland, 397

  Hutton, Sir Richard, 295

  icebergs, 25, 70, 200, 299, 379

  icebreakers, 234, 322

  Icy Cape, 56, 85, 111, 117, 120, 143

  Iggiararjuk, 385–86

  igloos, 187, 189, 215, 260

  Ikmalick, 133, 134

  Île-à-la-Crosse, 91, 92

  Ilulissat, 70, 299, 379–80, 381

  Ilulissat Icefjord, 70, 379

 

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