Captain (later Admiral Sir) George Strong Nares.

Admiral Sir George Strong Nares, KCB, RN (April 24, 1831 - January 15, 1915) was a British naval officer and Arctic explorer. He was the son of another British naval captain, and was educated at the Royal Naval College. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x1227, 97 KB) Admiral Sir George Strong Nares, KCB, RN (April 24, 1831 - January 15, 1915) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): George Nares ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x1227, 97 KB) Admiral Sir George Strong Nares, KCB, RN (April 24, 1831 - January 15, 1915) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): George Nares ... April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... Leopold I 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The red line indicates the 10°C isotherm in July, commonly used to define the Arctic region border The Arctic is the area around the Earths North Pole. ... This list of explorers is sorted by surname. ... Crest on the gate of the Royal Naval College The Royal Naval College was a Royal Navy training establishment between 1873 and 1998, in the centre of the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site in London, United Kingdom. ...

Nares's first experience of the Arctic came while serving as second mate on Resolute, part of Sir Edward Belcher's squadron on his 1852-1854 expedition in search of Sir John Franklin. Later he was given command of the Challenger Expedition (1872-1876), but, because of his previous experience in the Arctic, he was summoned from this assignment to take charge of another Arctic voyage in search of the North Pole in Discovery and Alert in 1875. Sir Edward Belcher 27th February, 1799 – 18th March, 1877) was a British naval officer and explorer. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Sir John Franklin FRGS (April 15, 1786 – June 11, 1847) was an English sea captain and Arctic explorer whose expedition disappeared while attempting to chart and navigate the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic. ... The Challenger Expedition was a scientific expedition that made many discoveries to lay the foundation of oceanography. ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... The North Pole is the northernmost point on the Earth. ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

On this expedition, Nares became the first explorer to take his ships all the way north through the channel between Greenland and Ellesmere Island -- now named Nares Strait in his honor -- to the Lincoln Sea. Up to this time, it had been a popular theory that this route would lead to the supposed Open Polar Sea, an ice-free region surrounding the pole, but Nares found only a wasteland of ice. A sledging party under Albert Hastings Markham set a new record farthest north of 83° 20', but overall the expedition was a near-disaster. The men suffered badly from scurvy and were hampered by inappropriate clothing and equipment. Realizing that his men could not survive another winter in the ice, Nares hastily retreated southward with both his ships in the summer of 1876. Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. ... The Nares strait is a waterway between Canadas Ellesmere Island and Greenland which connects Baffin Bay to the Arctic Ocean. ... Lincoln Sea, is a body of water in the Arctic Ocean. ... Open Polar Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Scurvy (N.Lat. ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

In addition to Nares Strait, Nares Mountain and Nares Lake, in Yukon, Canada, are named for him. The Nares strait is a waterway between Canadas Ellesmere Island and Greenland which connects Baffin Bay to the Arctic Ocean. ... Nares Lake is a lake in the southern Yukon between Lake Bennett and Tagish Lake. ... Motto: none Official languages English, French Flower Fireweed Capital Whitehorse Largest city Whitehorse Commissioner Geraldine Van Bibber Premier Dennis Fentie (Yukon Party) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 1 1 Area Total  - Land  - Water    (% of total)  Ranked 9th 482,443 km² 474,391 km² 8,052 km² (1. ...

He also surveyed the Magellan Strait and several locations in Australia. The Strait of Magellan, near Punta Arenas The Strait of Magellan is a navigable route immediately south of mainland South America. ...

References

• The Royal Navy in Polar Exploration from Franklin to Scott, E C Coleman 2006 (Tempus Publishing)