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CABINET: MAJOR FREDERICK GEORGE JACKSON---ARCTIC EXPLORER BY ELLIOTT & FRY OF LONDON. SEE BELOW. LUCKY BUYER PAYS $4.25 S/H IN USA AND $16 INTERNATIONAL.From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaFor other people with the same name, seeFrederick Jackson (disambiguation).Jackson inHarper\'s Magazine, September 1898

Frederick George Jackson(6 March 1860 – 13 March 1938) was an EnglishArcticexplorer remembered for his expedition toFranz Josef Land, when he located the missing Norwegian explorerFridtjof Nansen.

Biography[edit]Early life[edit]

Jackson was born the son of George Frederick and Mary Elizabeth Jackson at Alcester Lodge,Alcester, Warwickshire, England and educated atDenstone CollegeinStaffordshireandEdinburgh University.[1]

Career[edit]

His first voyage in Arctic waters was on a whaling cruise in 1886–1887, and in 1893 he made a sledge-journey of 3000 miles across the frozentundraofSiberialying between theOband thePechora. His narrative of this journey was published under the title ofThe Great Frozen expedition[edit]In winter gear, 1896

On his return, he was given the command of theJackson–Harmsworth expeditionof 1894.[2]Sponsored by theRoyal Geographical Society, this expedition was to conduct general exploration ofFranz Josef Land. Whilst leading this expedition, Jackson and his men met by chance on 17 June 1896 the Norwegian arctic explorerFridtjof Nansenand his companionHjalmar Johansen, who had not been heard of for three years and were presumed dead, but were in fact trying to reachSpitsbergenby kayak. Jackson informed him that they were in fact on Franz Josef Land, and with Jackson\'s help, Nansen and Johansen returned home aboard the expedition\'s supply shipWindwardon 7 August. Jackson and his party wintered at their camp according to plan.[4]

The Jackson–Harmsworth expedition proved that Franz Josef Land is nothing more than an archipelago of small islands.

In recognition of his services he received aknighthoodof the first class of the Norwegian Royal Order of St Olaf in 1898, and was awarded the gold medal of the Paris Geographical Society in 1899. His account of the expedition was published under the title ofA Thousand Days in the Arctic(1899).[2][5]

Later career[edit]

Jackson was commissioned as an officer in the5th (Militia) Battalion, Manchester Regimentas acaptainon 5 March 1900.[6][7]He saw active service inSouth Africaduring theSecond Boer War, and following the end of the war, he stayed on as a militia officer in the battalion.[8]He transferred to the 4th Battalion,East Surrey Regimentin 1905, serving in theFirst World Warand reaching the rank ofMajor. He resigned his commission in 1917. After being invalided home he commanded Southwark Recruiting District for two years, followed by commands of a number of prisoner of war camps in Germany.

His travels also include a journey across theAustralian deserts.[2]

He is buried in the churchyard ofSt Michael and St Mary MagdaleneatEasthampsteadinBerkshire, and there is a memorial plaque on the wall of the church near the front.

One of the headlands discovered on the expedition was named St Chad\'s Head (Denstone College was originally called St Chad\'s College), and the sledge used was presented to Denstone College.[9]