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FREDERICK GEORGE JACKSON (186o– )

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 110 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FREDERICK See also:GEORGE See also:JACKSON (186o– )  , See also:British See also:Arctic explorer, was educated at Denstone See also:College and See also:Edinburgh University . His first voyage in Arctic See also:waters was on a whaling-cruise in 1886-1887, and in 1893 he made a sledge-See also:journey of 3000 See also:miles across the frozen See also:tundra of See also:Siberia lying between the Ob and the See also:Pechora . His narrative of this journey was published under the See also:title of The See also:Great Frozen See also:Land (1895) . On his return, he was given the command of the See also:Jackson-Harmsworth Arctic expediton (1894–1897), which had for its See also:objective the See also:general exploration of See also:Franz Josef Land . In recognition of his services he received a See also:knighthood of the first class of the Danish Royal See also:Order of St See also:Olaf in 1898, and was awarded the See also:gold See also:medal of the See also:Paris See also:Geographical Society in 1899 . His See also:account of the expedition was published under the title of A Thousand Days in the Arctic (1899) . He served in See also:South See also:Africa during the See also:Boer See also:War, and obtained the See also:rank of See also:captain . His travels also include a journey across the Australian deserts .

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