George Nares
The Admiral Sir George Strong Nares (April 24th 1831 – January 15th 1915) was an officer of the Royal Navy and explorer of the Arctique
Its name given to the strait enters the Greenland and the island of Ellesmere (Canadian Arctic Archipel), the Détroit of Nares.
Naval College.
Nares' S first experiment off the Arctic cam while serving ace second subdues one Resolute , share off Sir Edward Belcher 'S squadron one his 1852 - 1854 forwarding in search off Sir John Franklin. Later He was given command off the Challenger Forwarding (1872 - 1876), goal, because off his previous experiment in the Arctic, He was summoned from this assignment to take load off another Arctic travels in search off the North Pole in Discovery and Alert in 1875.
One this forwarding, Nares became the first to explore to take his ships all the way north through the Chanel between Greenland and Ellesmere Island — now named Nares Strait in his honor — to the Lincoln Sea . Up to this time, it had been has popular theory that this road would lead to the supposed Open Whodunnit Sea, year ice-free area surrounding the pole, goal Nares found only has wasteland off ice. With sledging party under Albert Hastings Markham set new record farthest north off 83° 20 has ', goal overall the forwarding has near-disaster. The men suffered badly from Scurvy and were hampered by inappropriate clothing and equipment. Realizing that his men could not survives another winter in the ice, Nares hastily retreated southward with both his ships in the summer off 1876.
In addition to Nares Strait, Nares Mountain and Nares Lake, in Yukon, Canada, are named for him.
He also surveyed the Magellan Strait and several hirings in Australia.
Refer
- Royal The Navy in Whodunnit Exploration from Franklin to Scott, E C Coleman 2006 (Tempus Publishing)
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