“Members of the Crew, The Franklin Monument, London (original) (raw)

Bronze plaque with the crew of the Erebus. The Franklin Expedition Monument, Waterloo Place, London,” by Matthew Noble. (The opposite site of the moument's base has a similar bronze plaque listing the crew of the Terror.) Photograph by George P. Landow, July 2005. [This image may be used without prior permission for any educational or scholarly purpose.]

Other views

• Sir John Franklin
• base, front
• bas relief
• detail of statue: anchor and rope

The Franklin monument faces that for another tragic English polar expedition — the death of Robert Falcon Scott and his four companions on their return from the South Pole (1912).

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Last modified 27 August 2006