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set sail on 31 August, heading south along the coast through ice floes, finally reaching open sea on 13 September. On the 23rd she arrived off the coast of Norway, finally anchoring off
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archipelago, landing on 1 June and setting up a camp of tents and huts for six men, Sabine, and his instruments. Meanwhile, Clavering sailed north, until blocked by
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in June 1827 and was never seen again. Wreckage washed ashore in
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first expedition in 1819–20, was selected, and
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691:The Lost Ships of the Royal Navy, 1793-1900
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652:"Exploration history of East Greenland"
547:The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal
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335:set sail on 11 May, sailing across the
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574:"Brig-Gen. Henry Mordaunt Clavering"
541:Clavering, Douglas Charles (1830).
16:British naval officer and explorer
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1266:Military personnel from Edinburgh
689:Gossett, William Patrick (1986).
193:John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll
57:June 1827 (aged 32–33)
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327:Clavering prepared his ship at
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678:– via eastgreenland.com.
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626:"Lt.-Gen. Sir John Clavering"
256:. At Clavering's request the
1261:Fellows of the Royal Society
59:Off the coast of West Africa
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1246:1820s missing person cases
245:, on the coast of Africa.
440:Northeast-Greenland Inuit
204:Commander-in-Chief, India
158:Douglas Charles Clavering
25:Douglas Charles Clavering
754:Phipps expedition (1773)
693:. Mansell. p. 102.
1256:Explorers of the Arctic
828:Sir Alexander Armstrong
660:Meddelelser om Grønland
650:Higgins, A. K. (2005).
600:"Lady Augusta Campbell"
461:Disappearance and death
975:Sir Leopold McClintock
768:Mackenzie River (1825)
624:Lundy, Darryl (2012).
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385:Little Pendulum Island
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195:. His grandfather was
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782:Rae–Richardson (1848)
418:74.53861°N 18.83333°W
179:Early life and career
170:and Arctic explorer.
99:Years of service
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1010:Sir Erasmus Ommanney
947:Skeffington Lutwidge
919:William Hulme Hooper
476:West Africa Squadron
307:to England, and the
225:the battle with USS
202:, who had served as
187:, the eldest son of
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954:George Francis Lyon
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309:Board of Longitude
294:equatorial current
197:Lieutenant-General
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512:References
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406:74°32′19″N
345:Hammerfest
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359:Svalbard
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