This biography of polar explorer Sir Leopold McClintock (his name
is also spelled M'Clintock) was published in 1909 by his 'old
messmate' Sir Clements Markham (1830 1916), later more famous as a
historian. (Several works by both men have been reissued in the
Cambridge Library Collection.) McClintock (1819 1907) gained
experience of Arctic voyages on the expeditions of James Clark Ross
and Edward Belcher, during which he undertook several arduous
sledge journeys over the ice. In 1854, he took leave from the navy
to command the Fox, a ship paid for by Lady Franklin to investigate
the fate of her husband's expedition. He found the memorandum,
written by his second-in-command, which confirmed Franklin's death
in June 1847. McClintock was knighted for his services on his
return, and he stayed in the navy, serving on different stations
around the world, until his retirement with the rank of admiral in
1884."
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