HMS Investigator and the Northwest Passage – Part 3 – Across the Passage

The Explorers Podcast

Matt Breen

Society & Culture, History, Education

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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The HMS Investigator fights to survive two winters at Mercy Bay as the physical and mental health of the crew slowly starts to deteriorate. A desperate journey over the ice is planned - but the crew are saved by the arrival of men from the east - from the HMS Resolute. Enter to win a copy of "For Glory, Not Gold: Expeditions Through Arctic Lands 1818-1876" by Hubert Sagnières. Go to https://explorerspodcast.com/hms-investigator to sign up. Sponsors: Get an exclusive 15% discount on your first Saily data plans! Use code EXPLORERS at checkout. Download Saily app or go to to https://saily.com/explorers Quince. Get free shipping with your order by using code EXPLORERS at quince.com/explorers. The Explorers Podcast is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on the Explorers Podcast? Email us at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:11.4	Today we have the third part in our series on the HMS Investigator and the Northwest Passage. Two notes to start. One, I want to remind
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1:23.3	expeditions through Arctic lands 1818 to 1876. This oversized book details 10 different Arctic
1:30.4	expeditions, including that of the HMS Investigator, and it's really, really cool. Also, if they
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