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Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Francis Crozier.
CaptainFrancis Rawdon Moira CrozierFRS FRAS (; 17 October 1796 – disappeared 26 April 1848) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who participated in six expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic. In 1843, he became a fellow of the Royal Society for his scientific work during his expeditions. Later, he was second-in-command to Sir John Franklin and captain of HMS Terror during what would become , to discover the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic, ending with the loss of all 129 crewmen.