Arctic Explorer One of the largest sea channels on earth is named for Captain Leopold McClintock, who was born at 1 Seatown Place, Dundalk. In 1857, he commanded an expedition to the Arctic that confirmed the grizzly fate of Sir John Franklin, an earlier explorer, who had perished alongside all 128 of his men. […]
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