John Rae blue plaque

Stromness, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom

Rae's Close The Orcadian Arctic explorer Dr. John Rae, in 1854, discovered Rae Strait (the last link in the Northwest Passage) and the tragic fate of the Franklin expedition.

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