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 The
supporters of the Hall of Clestrain project hope that
the publicity surrounding the event will go some way
to restoring the repution of Dr John Rae - a man that
is surely Orkney's greatest unsung hero.
An expert Arctic explorer, Rae uncovered the fate of
the missing Franklin expedition, which had set out to
map the North-West Passage from Europe to Asia. He discovered
that the explorers had resorted to cannibalism in order
to survive starvation.
Upon reporting his findings, however, John Rae was
vilified by Victorian society and this affected him
until his death.
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The
Hall of Clestrain, in 