FREDERICK

See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE

See also:

• JACKSON
• JACKSON, ANDREW (1767-1845)
• JACKSON, CYRIL (1746-1819)
• FREDERICK GEORGE JACKSON (186o– )
• JACKSON, HELEN MARIA (1831–1885)
• JACKSON, MASON (c. 1820-1903)
• JACKSON, THOMAS (1579-1640)
• JACKSON, THOMAS JONATHAN (1824-1863)
• JACKSON, WILLIAM (1730-1803)

JACKSON (186o– )  , British Arctic explorer, was educated at Denstone College and Edinburgh University . His first voyage in Arctic waters was on a whaling-cruise in 1886-1887, and in 1893 he made a sledge-journey of 3000 miles across the frozen tundra of Siberia lying between the Ob and the Pechora . His narrative of this journey was published under the title of The Great Frozen Land (1895) . On his return, he was given the command of the Jackson-Harmsworth Arctic expediton (1894–1897), which had for its objective the general exploration of Franz Josef Land . In recognition of his services he received a knighthood of the first class of the Danish Royal Order of St Olaf in 1898, and was awarded the gold medal of the Paris Geographical Society in 1899 . His account of the expedition was published under the title of A Thousand Days in the Arctic (1899) . He served in South Africa during the Boer War, and obtained the rank of captain . His travels also include a journey across the Australian deserts .