America. The first expedition franklina

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The first expedition of Franklin (1819-1821) has laid a new way from the Fort-providensa on the Big lake Nevolnichem to a river Koppermajn mouth where has started performance of the main thing of the task assigned to it. It consisted in that ' to investigate northern coast of America to the east from a river Koppermajn mouth '. This task has been executed, and all coast on 285 km to the east from this point up to Cape Tarnegejn has been plotted. Work was so difficult, that for shooting of such short piece of coast the group had to make a number of swimmings by the general extent in 1030 km. Thresholds on the river It is thin have not allowed possibility expedition to return it by and it had to make long and difficult transition to the Fort-providensu. The foodstuffs at group left, some participants were lost, and the life survived has been rescued only thanks to friendly aid from Indians.

In 1825-1826 Franklin left on the north with new expedition. He has set as an object ' to pass by land to a river Makkenzi mouth, therefrom to make swimming to an extreme northwest extremity of America, and also to make shooting of a site of coast between ustjami the rivers Makkenzi and Koppermajn '. Its companions on the first travel, John Richardson and George Bek, accompanied it and this time; E.N.Kendoll was a new member of expedition only. The group has passed from Port-franklina on the Big Bear lake to the river Makkenzi and, having reached its delta, was divided. Franklin and Bek have floated on the West and have reached reef Ritarn (Returning) under 148°15! z. d., Richardson and Kendoll have gone on east sleeve and investigated coast up to the river Koppermajn. They have opened Earth Uollestona and have given names of the two courts-'delfin ' and ' the Union to the '-passage separating it from continent.

In 1826 the companion Scourges, Elson, has rounded cape Ajsi and has reached point Barrow in 260 km from the boundary reached by Franklin.