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'''Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier''' {{postnom|country=GBR|FRS|FRAS}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|r|oʊ|ʒ|ər}}; 17 October 1796 – disappeared 26 April 1848) was an Irish officer of the [[Royal Navy]] and polar explorer who participated in six expeditions to the [[Arctic]] and [[Antarctic]]. In 1843, he became a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]] for his scientific work during his multiple expeditions.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Michael |title=Icebound In The Arctic: The Mystery of Captain Francis Crozier and the Franklin Expedition |date=2021 |publisher=The O'Brien Press |access-date=30 April 2024}}</ref> Later, he was second-in-command to [[Sir John Franklin]] and captain of {{HMS|Terror|1813|6}} during the [[Franklin expedition]] to discover the [[Northwest Passage]], which ended with the loss of all 129 crewmen in mysterious circumstances.
Multiple places in the Arctic and Antarctic are named after him.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Michael |title=Icebound In The Arctic: The Mystery of Captain Francis Crozier and the Franklin Expedition |date=2021 |publisher=The O'Brien Press |access-date=30 April 2024}}</ref> He, alongside [[James Clark Ross]] and [[Richard Clement Moody|Richard Moody]], was also responsible for selecting the location of the capital of the [[Falkland Islands]], [[Port Stanley]], in 1843.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Michael |title=Icebound In The Arctic: The Mystery of Captain Francis Crozier and the Franklin Expedition |date=2021 |publisher=The O'Brien Press |access-date=30 April 2024}}</ref>
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