Two Arctic explorers have completed a 650-kilometre hike through the Arctic following the historic route taken by Scottish explorer Dr. John Rae in the 1850s.
Published Wednesday, May 8, 2019 6:11AM EDT
David Reid and Richard Smith camped out and skied in -50 C temperatures to follow the original 650-kilometre Arctic route Scottish explorer Dr. John Rae took in the 19th century. Rae travelled by snow shoe through the Arctic with Indigenous guides in March 1854, earning him credit for discovering the final link in the Northwest Passage.On the surgeon's journey, he found the wreckage of the doomed Franklin Expedition.
Reid says Franklin's widow and author Charles Dickens were displeased with this and smeared Rae's reputation.
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