Point Franklin is a piece of land located on the
Chukchi Sea
Chukchi Sea ( rus, Чуко́тское мо́ре, r=Chukotskoye more, p=tɕʊˈkotskəjə ˈmorʲɪ), sometimes referred to as the Chuuk Sea, Chukotsk Sea or the Sea of Chukotsk, is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is bounded on the west b ...
side of
North Slope North Slope can refer to:
* Alaska North Slope, a region encompassing the northernmost part of the U.S. state of Alaska
* North Slope Borough, Alaska, a borough in Alaska whose boundaries roughly coincide with that of the region
* North Slope, Tac ...
,
Alaska.
Point Franklin is a few miles north of
Wainwright, limiting with the
Peard Bay Peard Bay is a bay in the Chukchi Sea, in Alaska's North Slope. It is located at . This bay lies just a few miles northeast of Wainwright. It was named by Frederick William Beechey
Frederick William Beechey (17 February 1796 – 29 Nove ...
to the east.
Point Franklin was named by British mariner
Frederick William Beechey on August 15, 1826, after Lieutenant (afterwards Sir)
John Franklin. It is a strange coincidence that he named this cape just two days after Sir John Franklin had named his "farthest point" after Captain Beechey.
are a common sight in the waters near Point Franklin. Whales can also be sighted offshore in the point area.
Rescue of 1898
On 26 March 1898, after a 1,500-mile trek in the middle of an Arctic winter, Lt. David Henry Jarvis of the Revenue Cutter Service reaches Point Franklin to begin the rescue of 273 iced-in whalers stranded here and at Point Barrow. He finds the marooned whalers of the Belvedere near the Sea Horse Islands.
References
A search for sunken ships near Point Franklin
Franklin
Franklin may refer to:
People
* Franklin (given name)
* Franklin (surname)
* Franklin (class), a member of a historical English social class
Places Australia
* Franklin, Tasmania, a township
* Division of Franklin, federal electoral d ...
Landforms of North Slope Borough, Alaska
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