A bronze standing figure of the Arctic explorer, set on a granite pedestal with bronze panels. The statue shows Franklin in the act of announcing the discovery of the Northwest Passage to his officers and crew. He wears a loose overcoat of fur over the full uniform of a naval commander. In his hands are a telescope, chart, and compasses, and behind him are an anchor and a block of ice. Around the cornice of the pedestal runs a bronze cable motif. At the front of the pedestal, a relief shows Captain Crozier, Franklin’s second-in-command, reading the burial service as he commits his commander’s coffin to the ice amongst the assembled crews. On the back of the pedestal is an embossed chart of the Arctic regions, showing the positions of the boats and crews at the moment of Franklin’s burial.