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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2024-07-30 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001143b.htm person Crozier Francis Rawdon Moira FRS AACR2 September 1796 c. 1848 Place of Birth Banbridge, County Down, Ireland Place of Death Canada Navigator Naval officer Antarctic explorer Arctic explorer Francis Crozier was an experienced polar explorer and navigator. He joined the Royal Navy in 1810, spending much of his early naval career in Arctic waters. Between 1821 and 1827 he sailed with William Parry on unsuccessful attempts to discover a navigable route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the Canadian Arctic, and to reach the North Pole. During these voyages Crozier made valuable astronomical and magnetic observations. Between 1839 and 1843 he was again at sea with James Clark Ross, his shipmate on these Arctic voyages, as captain of H.M.S. Terror on the British Antarctic Expedition. This successful expedition was mounted principally to engage in magnetic observations in the southern hemisphere. Crozier's last polar expedition was as commander of his old ship H.M.S. Terror, accompanying John Franklin in H.M.S. Erebus, in another (unsuccessful) attempt at the Northwest Passage. On Franklin's death in June 1847, Crozier assumed command of the expedition. There were no survivors, and both ships were crushed by ice and sank. The last known communication from Crozier is a note, dated 25 April 1848, discovered on King William Island. Crozier is commemorated in Cape Crozier, Ross Island, Antarctica, and several geographic features in the Canadian Arctic. 1810 1810 Career event - Joined the Royal Navy 1818 1818 Career position - Mate of the sloop Doterel on a voyage to the Cape of Good Hope 1821 1821 Career position - Midshipman on board H.M.S. Hecla, on second attempt of William Parry to discover the Northwest Passage 1824 1824 Career position - Midshipman on board H.M.S. Fury, on third attempt of Parry to discover the Northwest Passage 1826 1826 Career event - Promoted to Lieutenant 1827 1827 Career position - Lieutenant on board H.M.S. Hecla, Parry's attempt to reach the North Pole 1827 1848? Career position - Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society 1835 1835 Career position - First Lieutenant and second-in-command to James Ross in H.M.S. Cove 1837 1837 Career event - Promoted to Commander 19 September 1839 4 September 1843 Career position - Captain, H.M.S. Terror on the British Antarctic Expedition 1843 1848? Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS) May 1845 1848? Career position - Captain, H.M.S. Terror on expedition to discover the Northwest Passage June 1847 1848? Career position - Leader of expedition to discover the Northwest Passage Ross, James Clark (1800 - 1862)

Commander, H.M.S. Erebus, British Antarctic Expedition 1839 - 1843, on which Expedition Crozier was Captain of H.M.S. Terror

 Franklin, John (1786 - 1847)

Captain, H.M.S. Terror on the voyage seeking the northwest passage, under command of John Franklin 1845 - ?1848

 Parry, William Edward (1790 - 1855)

Lieutenant on board H.M.S. Hecla on Parry's attempt to reach the North Pole 1827

 H.M.S. Terror, Royal Navy (1813 - 1848?)

Captain, for the British Antarctic Expedition 1839 - 1843, and for attempt to find the Northwest Passage 1845 - ?1848

 British Antarctic Expedition [I] (1839 - 1843)

Captain, H.M.S. Terror 1839 - 1843

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 Crozier, Francis Rawdon Moira (1796-)

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 'Crozier, Francis Rawdon Moira', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Crozier, Francis Rawdon Moira Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Captain Francis Crozier: last man standing? Michael Smith Captain Francis Crozier: last man standing? Cork, Ireland Collins Press 2006 Book: Erebus: the story of a ship Palin, Michael Erebus: the story of a ship London Arrow Books 2018 Book: A very secret trade: the dark story of gentlemen collectors in Tasmania Pybus, Cassandra A very secret trade: the dark story of gentlemen collectors in Tasmania Sydney Allen & Unwin 2024 Book: South by Northwest: the Magnetic Crusade and the Contest for Antarctica Mawer, Granville Allen South by Northwest: the Magnetic Crusade and the Contest for Antarctica Kent Town Wakefield Press 2006 Book: Arctic labyrinth: the quest for the Northwest Passage Williams, Glyn Arctic labyrinth: the quest for the Northwest Passage London Allen Lane 2009 Book: Barrow's boys Fleming, Fergus Barrow's boys London Granta Books 1889 Book: Franklin: tragic hero of polar navigation Lambert, Andrew Franklin: tragic hero of polar navigation London Faber and Faber 2009 Journal Article: The Erebus and Terror at Hobart Debenham, Frank The <span style="font-style:italic">Erebus</span> and <span style="font-style:italic">Terror</span> at Hobart 1941 Polar record 3 468-75 Book: Ross in the Antarctic: the voyages of James Clark Ross in Her Majesty's ships Erebus and Terror 1839-43 Ross, M. J. Ross in the Antarctic: the voyages of James Clark Ross in Her Majesty's ships Erebus and Terror 1839-43 Whitby, U.K. Caedmon of Whitby Press 1982 Book: A voyage of discovery and research in the southern and Antarctic regions during the years 1839 - 1843 Ross, J. C. A voyage of discovery and research in the southern and Antarctic regions during the years 1839 - 1843 London Murray 1847 Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier - Records FM 4/2122 1840 Microfilm of the log and meteorological register of HMS "Terror" 1840 from the original in the Admiralty, London [FM 4/2122]. 1 reel Microform Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier - Records National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier - Records G757 1840 Microfilm of the log and meteorological register of HMS "Terror" 1840 [1 reel, G757]. 1 reel Microform