spending expedition
Example Sentences
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Rescue parties sent to find Franklin’s expedition made key discoveries about the passage’s maritime geography, eventually paving the way for the first successful transit.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2017
Unfortunately, no one else did either, for the Inuit stories told of the fate of Franklin’s expedition, and more specifically of the precise locations of the ships.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2017
Despite the mounting evidence of failure — that is, a lack of any evidence of Franklin’s expedition — the Royal Navy refused to search for its missing men.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2017
Erebus, one of two vessels from Sir John Franklin’s expedition that became icebound in 1846.
From National Geographic • Oct. 8, 2015
There is that residence," he said to his companions, "which James Ross himself called the Camp of Refuge; if Franklin's expedition had reached this spot, it would have been saved.
From The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Verne, Jules
