11 june1847 Sir John Franklin, English naval officer and Arctic explorer, died in Canada, in an attempt to discover the North-West Passage.
John Franklin, article from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Franklin

LORD FRANKLIN aka Lady Franklin's Lament and "The Sailor's Dream"   Many recordings on YouTube      https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Lord+Franklin+songs
Lady Franklin's Lament, article from Wikipedia

NORTHWEST PASSAGE   Recordings by Stan Rogers and many others on YouTube       https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Northwest+passage+song