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NARES, SIR GEORGE STRONG (1831 ) , English Arctic explorer, son of a captain in the navy, was educated at the Royal Naval College at New Cross
mate of the " Resolute " in the. Arctic expedition which was sent out in that year. Serving in the Crimea upon his return, he was appointed lieutenant
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home to take command of the Arctic expedition which set sail in the spring of 1875 in the ships " Alert " and " Discovery." He published a narrative of the voyage on his return, and for his services was made K.C.B. (1876). Two years later he was sent in command of the" Alert " to survey Magellan
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