Images Dated 18th August 2004

Captain Francis Crozier of HMS Terror, 1845

Engraving of Captain Francis Crozier (1796-1848) of HMS Terror, pictured shortly before departing on the ill-fated Franklin Arctic expedition of 1845. In 1845 the British Admiralty sent two polar exploration ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, to look for the Northwest passage round the northern coast of Canada. The expedition, commanded by Sir John Franklin, disappeared from view late in 1845 and none of the men were ever seen again. In fact the ships made it to the King William Island region, then got stuck in the ice. With supplies running out the surviving crew abandoned ship and headed south. However, none made it to safety and it is assumed all died from disease, exposure or starvation. From 1848 onwards a number of relief expeditions were sent to find Franklin, but it was only in 1859 that Francis Leopold McClintock was able to confirm Franklin's fate

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Giants Cradle or Rocking Stone, Browns Bay

Giant's Cradle or Rocking Stone, Brown's Bay (c1828). Nicholl, Andrew 1804 - 1886. Date: 1828

© National Museums NI / MARY EVANS

1828, Andrew, Bay, Circa, Cradle, Drawing, Irish, Nicholl, Paper, Rocking, Stone, Watercolour

Athens Olympics - Fencing

Fencing - 2004 Athens Olympics - Men's Epee Individual, Final Pool Bronze-Medal Match
Pavel Kolobkov (Russia) vs. Eric Boisse (France)
Kolobkov (#210) on the way to winning the bronze medal, at the Olympic Fencing Hall, Helleniko Olympic Complex.
Kolobkov was appointed Russian Minister of Sport in October 2016. His predecessor Vitaly Mutko had been implicated in the state-sponsored doping detailed in the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) Independent Commission. Kolobkov himself, as Deputy Sports Minister, had been barred from Wada's Foundation Board due to Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) being declared non-compliant with the WADA code.
17/08/2004
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