Sir John Franklin ship in arctic 1845 - stock illustration

Sir John Franklin and his crew were actually stranded in the Arctic, specifically in the vicinity of King William. They became trapped in the ice during their ill-fated expedition in search of the Northwest Passage. It is now believed that the expedition wintered on Beechey Island in 1845–46. Terror and Erebus became trapped in ice off King William Island in September 1846. According to a note later found on that island, Franklin died there on 11 June 1847, but the exact location of his grave is unknown. Sir John Franklin ( 16 April 1786 – 11 June 1847 ) was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. After serving in wars against Napoleonic France and the United States, he led two expeditions into the Canadian Arctic and through the islands of the Arctic Archipelago, in 1819 and 1825, and served as Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land from 1839 to 1843. Original edition from my own archives Source : Correo de Ultramar 1870