Bellot

Bellot, JOSEPH RENÉ, Arctic explorer, was born in Paris, 18th March 1826. A lieutenant in the French navy, he served with distinction in the French expedition against Tamatave in 1845, and in May 1851 he joined the expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, sent out by Lady Franklin. Distinguished by his noble daring and spirit of enterprise, he took part in several explorations; in one of which he discovered Bellot Strait. He was lost in an ice crack in Inglefield's expedition, 21st August 1853. His Journal was edited by Lemer at Paris in 1854 (Eng. trans. 1855).