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TIL during a voyage searching for the Northwest Passage, John Ross saw a range of mountains blocking the entrance to Lancaster Sound, causing him to abandon his search. Later expeditions proved that the mountains did not exist, and that Lancaster Sound was an open entrance to the Northwest Passage.

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TIL during a voyage searching for the Northwest Passage, John Ross saw a range of mountains blocking the entrance to Lancaster Sound, causing him to abandon his search. Later expeditions proved that the mountains did not exist, and that Lancaster Sound was an open entrance to the Northwest Passage.

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