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Jackson (FREDERICK GEORGE a British)

FREDERICK GEORGE, a British explorer; born in 1860. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh. In 1886 he made a whaling voyan answer because of the capture of Washington by the British, Jackson pro- This was followed in 1893 by a journey of 3,000 1894 he explored Franz Josef Land and Vol. V-Cyc-O made Jackson the hero of the nation. When, in 1819, the United States pur- JACKSON made an attempt to explore the North Pole. During this journey he met Nansen, who was at that time returning from his attempt to reach the Pole. He made important researches in Franz Josef Land from 1894 to 1897. For his accomplishments here, he was awarded a gold medal by the Geographical Society of Paris. He took part in the Boer War, reaching the rank of major. He wrote many books on the Arctic, including: "The Great Frozen Land" (1895); "A Thousand Days in the Arctic" (1899).