Illustration of an Eskimo (1818) by Arctic explorer John Ross. Ross and his crew encountered the Eskimos (Inuit) of Baffin Island, who had never before seen Europeans, during Ross's attempt to find the Northwest Passage. Sir John Ross (1777-1856) was a

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Illustration of an Eskimo (1818) by Arctic explorer John Ross. Ross and his crew encountered the Eskimos (Inuit) of Baffin Island, who had never before seen Europeans, during Ross's attempt to find the Northwest Passage. Sir John Ross (1777-1856) was a Scottish rear admiral and Arctic explorer; his nephew James Clark Ross, who accompanied him on all his explorations, was, on 1 June, 1831, the first European to reach the North Magnetic Pole. The Northwest Passage was sought by explorers for centuries as a possible trade route; it was first navigated by Roald Amundsen in 1903-1906.

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