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and crack open that jigsaw puzzle 🧩🤔
'The Sorceror of the North Pole, or Captain Ross's Vision', referring to Ross turning back on the 1818 expedition to find a Northwest Passage in the #Arctic
Reference to George Back and the Terror - popping this in as it's a spectacular painting @RMGreenwich and a great example of the #Arctic 'sublime', depicting that expedition. Yes, another ship trapped in the ice. It's almost as if they weren't very well-suited to it at times...
Ross's Victory was another expedition caught in the ice. The men were finally rescued by a whaler, the Isabella - which Ross had previously sailed on... (image @RMGreenwich)
If there's one woman who is *very* visible in the histories of the 1845 expedition, it's Jane Franklin, John's second wife (played by Greta Scacchi in #TheTerror). Here's a portrait of her from @RMGreenwich's collections #Arctic #exploration #InternationalWomensDay 🧵