Engraving showing the officers of Sir Edward Belcher's Arctic Searching Squadron, 1852. From left to right: Lt. Osborn, HMS 'Pioneer'; Mr. Allard, Master of HMS 'Pioneer'; Commander McClintock, HMS 'Intrepid'; Mr. Pullen, Master of HMS 'North Star'; Commander Richards, HMS 'Assistance'. Belcher's squadron went to the Arctic in search of Sir John Franklin's ill-fated Arctic expedition of 1845. In 1845 the British Admiralty sent two polar exploration ships, HMS 'Erebus' and HMS 'Terror', to
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