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Beechey, Frederick William (1796 - 1856) |
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| Geographer and Arctic explorer | |
| Frederick William Beechey began his naval career during a period of minimal naval warfare so he turned his attention to polar exploration. He carried out Arctic exploration with Captain Parry in 1819 and headed a polar research voyage to the Pacific and Behring strait from 1825-28. |
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