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John Hornby and Norman Robinson and their dogs stop for tea on a frozen river.

John Hornby (1880–1927) was an English explorer, best known for his expeditions in the Arctic region of northern Canada, notably in the "Barren Lands" in the Northwest Territories of Canada.[1][2][3]

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