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Sir Francis Leopold McClintock ( 8 July , 1819 – 17 November , 1907 ) was an Irish Explorer in the British Navy who is known for his discoveries in the Canadian Arctic Islands . In 1848 he became a member of the Royal Navy , joining a series of searches for the arctic John Franklin expeditions between 1848 and 1854 . Working with Inuit s he mastered travel by Sled , and used it to map Melville Island and discover Prince Of Wales Island and Prince Patrick Island . In 1857 he was given command of the Fox , returning to the arctic and discovering records of the Franklin party's movements. This tale was published in ''The Voyage of the Fox'' in 1859 . McClintock left the Royal Navy in 1884 as an admiral. EXTERNAL LINK |
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