'Canoe broaching to in a gale of wind at sunrise, Aug. 23rd 1821' mb-width 6110 by Gauci Junr

by Gauci Junr

amongst them Russia and Germany

armed with her sword

Durham City

carts and carriages

'Canoe broaching to in a gale of wind at sunrise, Aug. 23rd 1821' mb-width 6110 by Gauci JunrUnable to return by sea to the mouth of the Coppermine River in August 1821, the expedition party tried to return to Fort Enterprise by land a gruelling journey during which Lieutenant Robert Hood, who drew the picture from which this engraving was produced, was shot dead by a Canadian guide. John Franklin's expedition of 1819 22 travelled via the Coppermine River to map the Canadian Arctic coast, as part of efforts to find the fabled North West