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What were the main goals of the Franklin expedition?

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The main goals of the Franklin expedition were to discover the Northwest Passage through Canada and to gather magnetic data that could potentially improve navigation. Led by Sir John Franklin, the expedition sailed from England in 1845 with two ships, the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and 128 officers and men. The expedition met with disaster, and all crew members perished under mysterious circumstances.