What is recorded here
Robert John McClure is a birthplace in County Wexford, Ireland. Perhaps the boy who left this coast for arctic storms first watched waxing moons over Wexford water. Maybe he carried that light into frozen chambers where no chart reached. Imagine him reading darkness the way sailors read distance, certain that the unknown must be walked.
Why this person is known: Royal Navy admiral and arctic explorer (1807–1873)
- Birthplace
- Wexford
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