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Franklin's expedition preparing an encampment on the Barren Grounds and gathering lichen, 1823 (engraving)

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Franklin's expedition preparing an encampment on the Barren Grounds and gathering lichen, 1823 (engraving)
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Artist
Back, George (1796-1878) (after) / English
Location
Private Collection
Medium
engraving
Date
1823 AD (C19th AD)
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From Franklin's 'Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22' engraved by Edward Francis Finden after a drawing by midshipman and artist George Back, published 1823. The Barren Grounds are a huge area of tundra covered with mosses and lichens including Tripe de Roche that the men could eat (genus gyrophora- expedition had run out of food and were reduced to eating this lichen)

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Alaska / USA / North America / America (continent) / Canada / coast / sea / cliff / axe / north pole / landscape / canadian arctic / survival / discovery / print / north canada / polar sea / facing starvation / northwest passage / exploration / digging / granite / explorers / north america / starving / hunger / british explorer / rock / mapping / lake / polar exploration / beach / northwest territories / america / snow / arctic / rock tripe / gun / admiral back / lichen / sir george back / tundra / desperation / camp / sir john franklin / edward finden / franklin / finden

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