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John Torrington

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Petty Officer John Shaw Torrington (1825 — 1 January 1846) was an explorer and Royal Navy stoker. [1]

31 relations: Asia, Autolysis (biology), Beechey Island, Canada, England, Fireman (steam engine), Franklin's lost expedition, Greenhithe, HMS Erebus (1826), HMS Terror (1813), Iron Maiden, James Taylor, John G. Geiger, John Hartnell, Manchester, Margaret Atwood, Mordecai Richler, North America, Northwest Passage, Nunavut, People (magazine), Permafrost, Pneumonia, Polar Record, Royal Navy, Sheenagh Pugh, Solomon Gursky Was Here, The Terror (TV series), Tollund Man, Tuberculosis, William Braine.

Asia

Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.

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Autolysis (biology)

In biology, autolysis, more commonly known as self-digestion, refers to the destruction of a cell through the action of its own enzymes.

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Beechey Island

Beechey Island (Inuktitut Iluvialuit) is an island located in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago of Nunavut, Canada, in Wellington Channel.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Fireman (steam engine)

Fireman or stoker is the job title for someone whose job is to tend the fire for the running of a boiler, to heat a building, power a steam engine, etc.

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Franklin's lost expedition

Franklin's lost expedition was a British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin that departed England in 1845 aboard two ships, and.

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Greenhithe

Greenhithe is a village in the Dartford Borough of Kent.

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HMS Erebus (1826)

HMS Erebus was a designed by Sir Henry Peake and constructed by the Royal Navy in Pembroke dockyard, Wales in 1826.

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HMS Terror (1813)

HMS Terror was a specialized warship and a newly developed bomb vessel constructed for the Royal Navy in 1813.

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Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris.

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James Taylor

James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.

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John G. Geiger

John Grigsby Geiger is an American-born, Canadian author.

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John Hartnell

John Hartnell (1820 — 4 January 1846) was an English sailor, and part of Sir John Franklin's last expedition.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 530,300.

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Margaret Atwood

Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, inventor, teacher and environmental activist.

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Mordecai Richler

Mordecai Richler, CC (January 27, 1931 – July 3, 2001) was a Canadian writer.

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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Northwest Passage

The Northwest Passage (abbreviated as NWP) is, from the European and northern Atlantic point of view, the sea route to the Pacific Ocean through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.

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Nunavut

Nunavut (Inuktitut syllabics ᓄᓇᕗᑦ) is the newest, largest, and northernmost territory of Canada.

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People (magazine)

People is an American weekly magazine of celebrity and human-interest stories, published by Meredith Corporation.

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Permafrost

In geology, permafrost is ground, including rock or (cryotic) soil, at or below the freezing point of water for two or more years.

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Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung affecting primarily the small air sacs known as alveoli.

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Polar Record

Polar Record is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering all aspects of Arctic and Antarctic exploration and research.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Sheenagh Pugh

Sheenagh Pugh (born 20 December 1950) is a British poet, novelist and translator who writes in English.

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Solomon Gursky Was Here

Solomon Gursky Was Here is a novel by Canadian author Mordecai Richler first published by Viking Canada in 1989.

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The Terror (TV series)

The Terror is an American horror drama television series that premiered on AMC on March 25, 2018.

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Tollund Man

Tollund Man is a naturally mummified corpse of a man who lived during the 4th century BC, during the period characterised in Scandinavia as the Pre-Roman Iron Age.

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Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB).

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William Braine

William Braine (1814 — 3 April 1846) was an explorer.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Torrington

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