Francis Leopold McClintock
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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 the Inuit 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.
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- The Royal Navy in Polar Exploration from Franklin to Scott, E C Coleman 2006 (Tempus Publishing)
- The Artic Fox - Francis Leopold McClintock, Discoverer of the fate of Franklin, David Murray, 2004. Cork: The Collins Press, ISBN 1-55002-523-6
