Search Results for "John Franklin"
Lady Jane's letter
history of scienceAn item in the Royal Society's Miscellaneous Correspondence series is part of a decade-long effort to trace a lost Arctic expedition, as Isabel Lauterjung explains.
Grisly bears
history of scienceKeith Moore highlights the stunning illustrations done by Thomas Landseer - brother of the more famous Edwin - for an account of John Franklin's expedition to the Canadian Arctic.
Up the Coppermine without a paddle
history of scienceRead more about a pear-shaped and lurid tale Rupert Baker found while digitising images for the Royal Society's picture library.
A novel approach to our Fellows
history of scienceRead more about our Fellows in Fiction loan collection – books which feature (real) Fellows of the Royal Society in a fictional context.