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The Franklin Trail

For Students 9th - 10th
The Franklin Trail is the web site for a group of archaeologists and adventurers who made numerous trips to the Arctic to investigate what happened to the Franklin Expedition. Historical information about the Franklin Expedition can be...
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British Library

British Library: The Search for a Northwest Passage

For Students 9th - 10th
Historical overviews and associated images that document the search, by European explorers, for the elusive Northwest Passage through the North American continent to the Pacific. Discusses, among others, the explorations of Cabot,...
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 1240: Northwest Passage

For Students 9th - 10th
An article on the history of the search for the Northwest Passage. The discussion focuses on the reality that there is no Passage - only a history of brave people suffering incredible hardships to learn that the region was impassable...