A frigid search for ships with Eskimos as guides

Goodman, Mary Virginia

John Franklin Arctic Expedition (1845-1851)
Erebus (Ship)
Terror (Ship)

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Scrapbook

8: Communication Artifact

Documentary Artifact

Sunday Bulletin

Norwich

11/3/1985

Indian and Colonial Scrapbook

Describes efforts on the part of Charles F. Hall to find Sir John Franklin's exploratory ships Erebus and Terror. On his first voyage to the Arctic, Hall befriended and lived with two natives known by their Anglicized names of Hannah and Joe who lived on King William Island. Hall found a skeleton whose tooth filling identified him as an officer of the Erebus, and returned with 125 puonds of artifacts. Hall, Hannah, Joe, and an adopted daughter, Punna, given the name Sylvia Grinnell. The four made an expedition to the arctic in 1871 on the ship Polaris. Hall died on the trip and was buried there. The rest of the party was iced in and abandoned the ship whereupon they drifted for a total of 196 days before rescue off the coast of Labrador. Hannah, Joe and Punna returned to live in Groton, CT, where Joe did carpentry, Hanhah sewed furs, and Punna attended school. Punna died at age 9, Hannah at 38 (of consumption) whereupon Jope returned to the arctic with the Schwatka search party of 1878.

Hall, Charles Francis, 1821-1871