In May 1845, one of England’s most storied naval officers, Sir John Franklin, launched an expedition to discover the ...

From the map he brought me to the bible and ... In his 825-page work, he wrote an account of Martin Frobisher's expeditions to search for a northwest passage to China. He also wrote a political ...

In preparation for the South Pole expedition Amundsen led a six-man team on the first successful expedition to sail through the Northwest Passage, the sea route through the Arctic Ocean along the ...

Born around 1539, Martin Frobisher spent his life plundering Spanish and French ships. According to records kept shipmate George Best, Frosbisher thought he had found the fabled Northwest Passage.