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William Parry - Arctic Explorers - All Things Arctic - English
URL: http://www.allthingsarctic.com/exploration/parry.htm

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Sir William Edward Parry was born in Bath, England on December 19, 1790. A noted explorer of the Arctic, he led a number of unsuccessful expeditions in search of the Northwest Passage to the Orient.

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Fridtjof Nansen - Arctic Explorers - All Things Arctic - English
URL: http://www.allthingsarctic.com/exploration/nansen.htm

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Fridtjof Nansen was a Norwegian explorer of the Arctic, an oceanographer, and a Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian. His Arctic accomplishments include: the first crossing of Greenland (1888), proof of the existence a polar oceanic current, and closest explorer to the North Pole at that time.

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Henry Hudson - Arctic Explorers - All Things Arctic - English
URL: http://www.allthingsarctic.com/exploration/hudson.htm

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Henry Hudson was an English explorer and navigator who explored parts of the Arctic Ocean and northeastern North America. The Hudson River, Hudson Strait, and Hudson Bay are all named for him. His several voyages were commissioned either to search for a "Northeast Passage" or a "Northwest Passage" to the Orient.

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Martin Frobisher - Arctic Explorers - All Things Arctic - English
URL: http://www.allthingsarctic.com/exploration/frobisher.htm

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Martin Frobisher was one of the first explorers to search for the Northwest Passage to the Orient. Raised in London by his uncle, Frobisher left early for a sea-farer's life and became a well-known navigator and explorer. Convinced of the existence of a Northwest Passage, he secured substantial support for three voyages in search of it.

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Martin Frobisher: English Explorer - EnchantedLearning.com - English
URL: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/f/frobisher.shtml

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Sir Martin Frobisher (1535?-1594) was an English privateer (a pirate licensed by the British government), navigator, explorer, and naval officer. After years of sailing to northwestern Africa, and then looting French ships in the English Channel, Frobisher sailed to northeastern North America to search for a Northwest Passage (a sea route across northern Canada from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, making the trip to Asia easier).

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1Up Info - Frobisher, Sir Martin (Explorers, Travelers, And Conquerors) - Encyclopedia - English
URL: http://www.1upinfo.com/encyclopedia/F/FrobisheM.html

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1535?–1594, English mariner. He went to sea as a boy, and spent much of his youth in the African trade. He later gained the friendship of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, through whom he became interested in the Northwest Passage. Licensed by Queen Elizabeth I and backed by a group of merchant adventurers, Frobisher made three voyages (1576, 1577, and 1578) to the Arctic in search of the passage.

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Frobisher, Martin -- Encyclopжdia Britannica Online Article - English
URL: http://www.britannica.com/ebc/article?eu=390300

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Searching for a Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean, he crossed the Atlantic in 1576 and reached Labrador and Baffin Island, discovering Frobisher Bay. Returning to England with reports of possible gold mines, he obtained royal backing for further expeditions in 1577 and 1578; when he brought back nothing of value, his backing collapsed.

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Martin Frobisher - English
URL: http://collections.ic.gc.ca/arctic/explore/frobishe.htm

Accomplishments, Interesting Facts.

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Civilization.ca - Voyages of Martin Frobisher - Martin Frobisher - English
URL: http://www.civilization.ca/hist/frobisher/frsub05e.html

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What sort of man was the leader of the expeditions into Arctic waters? A portrait of Martin Frobisher, commissioned in 1577 following the apparent success of his first Arctic voyage, shows a tall, well-built, commanding figure - adventurer and warrior - a little impatient with posing.

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Civilization.ca - Inuit and Englishmen: The Nunavut voyages of Martin Frobisher - English
URL: http://www.civilization.ca/hist/frobisher/frint01e.html

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