John Rae (1813-1893) was a Scottish doctor and explorer born in Orkney, Scotland. He discovered his love of nature and exploration while working for the Hudson's Bay Company as a surgeon in Moose Factory, Ontario, once walking 1,900 kilometres over two months in the winter forest in order to learn how to survey. While exploring the Boothia Peninsula in 1854, he obtained the first information about the fate of the missing Franklin expedition. Rae continued as an explorer into his 70s. He died in London on July 22, 1893.
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