More on Arctic voyager Thomas Blanky…
Following our two previous posts about Arctic explorer Thomas Blanky, read more about his life that has come to light through further research.… Read More More on Arctic voyager Thomas Blanky…
Following our two previous posts about Arctic explorer Thomas Blanky, read more about his life that has come to light through further research.… Read More More on Arctic voyager Thomas Blanky…
By Katherine Bullimore, Record Assistant Part One of this post covered the family background and early career of Thomas Blanky or Blenky of Whitby, a seaman who took part in four Arctic voyages of discovery in the 19th century, this post will cover his later life and disappearance on the tragic Franklin Expedition. In 1829… Read More Thomas Blanky of Whitby: Arctic Seafarer
By Katherine Bullimore, Record Assistant Think of Arctic exploration in the nineteenth century, and chances are you think of the doomed Franklin expedition, of the three spookily well preserved bodies of dead sailors excavated in the 1980s, and the eerie underwater pictures of the expedition’s two sunken ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, revealed much… Read More Thomas Blanky of Whitby: Arctic Seafarer