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Last Sighting in Baffin Bay

When
Late July 1845
Where
Baffin Bay, with Lancaster Sound as the intended crossing target; Davis Strait appears only in the legacy row
Part of
Franklin expedition departs for the Northwest Passage

Whalers encountered the ships in late July 1845 in Baffin Bay, where they were waiting to cross to Lancaster Sound.

Captain Dannett of the whaler Prince of Wales and Captain Robert Martin of the Enterprise encountered Terror and Erebus. The ships were moored to an iceberg in Lancaster Sound or waiting in Baffin Bay. This was the last time the expedition was seen by Europeans.

Sources

  1. Franklin's lost expedition Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-22
  2. John Franklin Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-03

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