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A new novel by Erika Behrisch Elce brings Lady Franklin — widow of doomed polar explorer Sir John Franklin — to life in new and creative ways It’s too easy to reduce Lady Jane Franklin to a few ...

Lytton Strachey, the author of Eminent Victorians, might have loved the job of Lady Jane Franklin's biographer. In his subtly scathing way, the great Edwardian would have detailed the various and ...

Tasmanian poet Adrienne Eberhard's new book Jane, Lady Franklin is a celebration in poetry of Jane Franklin's fascinating life. Jane Franklin and her husband Sir John Franklin, Lieutenant-Governor of ...

Examine the legacy of the perilous Lady Franklin Bay Expedition in the Arctic. A team of scientists, field guides and a descendant of U.S. polar explorer Adolphus Greely set out to retrace the 1881 ...

On August 1, 1884, a rescue vessel pulled into the harbor of Portsmouth, New Hampshire carrying First Lieutenant Adolphus Greely and the five other remaining survivors of the Lady Franklin Bay ...

Some memorable historical figures worked hard at achieving greatness, others were born to it. Then there’s Sir John Franklin, who had the good fortune to die dramatically and leave behind a remarkable ...

Among the actors central to the epic revelation of DNA's structure -- Francis Crick and James Watson at Cambridge University and Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins at King's College, London -- the ...