What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: 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.
Dr. John Rae was an Arctic explorer who discovered Rae Strait in 1854, completing the map of the Northwest Passage, and revealed the tragic end of the Franklin expedition.
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Photo: John Lucas on Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0