biography
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McClure, Sir Robert (John le Mesurier)
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pronunciation:
[muhkloor]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1807–73)
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| biography:
| Explorer, born in Wexford, Co Wexford, SE Ireland. He joined the navy in 1824, and served in an expedition to the Arctic in 1836. He was with the Franklin expedition (1848–9), and again in 1850, when he commanded a ship that penetrated E to the coast of Banks Land, where he was icebound for nearly two years. Rescued by another ship which had travelled from the W, he thus became the first person to navigate the Northwest Passage. The McClure Strait is named after him. |
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