- The Fate of Franklin Image provided courtesy Polar Lys, 1997 Polar Lys All Rights Reserved A Multimedia Museum of the Cultural Histories of Arctic Exploration Maintained by Russell A. Potter, Ph.D. Resources on this Site: Franklin in the Public Eye: 1818-1859 A Multimedia overview of the public fascination with Sir John Franklin and the Arctic regions Includes images from Panoramas, The ...www.ric.edu/rpotter/SJFranklin.html