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Nares, George Strong

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Nares, George Strong (1831–1915)

Scottish vice-admiral and explorer who sailed to the Canadian Arctic on an expedition in search of English explorer John Franklin 1852, and again in 1876 when he discovered the Challenger Mountains. During 1872–76 he commanded the Challenger Expedition. His Arctic explorations are recounted in Voyage to the Polar Seas 1878. KCB 1876.



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