John Rae (explorer)
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The 1854 Boothia survey
Rae traveled by dog sled, wore Indigenous clothing suited to the cold, and learned to build snow houses. In the Pelly Bay region, Inuit told him about starving men from the lost expedition. Read his account alongside Franklin’s voyage to see how much a small overland party could learn by listening to the people who knew the coast.
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