Second Grinnell Expedition. 19th-century depiction of members of the Second Grinnell Expedition (1853-1856) in Arctic furs. Led by US Navy medical officer Elisha Kent Kane (centre,1820-1857),this expedition to the Canadian Arctic was one of several attempting to ascertain the fate of the 1845 expedition led by the British officer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847). After the first expedition only found Franklin's first camp,Kane led a second expedition in 1853. Like Franklin,Kane and his crew spent two years in the Arctic,but,unlike Franklin,Kane and most of his crew survived. However,Kane's health was damaged,and he died a year later |