The names of Barents, Baffin, Hudson, Frobisher, Scoresby, Ross, Melville, and Franklin—all explorers who tried to push to the farthest north or find an ice-free passage between oceans—are now scattered across the maps of bays, islands, and mountain ranges of the Arctic. And while the expeditions were outfitted by males, some of the most lasting contributions to polar science were made by a woman, Lady Jane Franklin.
