When Kate was pregnant with her oldest son Prince George, she attempted to pick up a special technique so she could make him a special present. Green badges are awarded for showing us how much you care about nature, the environment and sustainability and telling us what you do to help to protect our planet. The expedition met with disaster after both ships and their crews, a total of 129 officers and men, became icebound in Victoria Strait near King William Island in what is today the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Shred the meat, stirring it through the sauce, and serve not on a mound of tortilla chips but on baked potato wedges, topped with grated cheese, salsa, pickled jalapenos and sour cream.

If bread frequently forms the starting point for your meals and snacks, shake up your habit by swapping out the supermarket sliced white for a vitamin-C and potassium-rich baked potato. Plant bare root roses to bring the excitement of a thriving summer garden full of fragrant and fabulous blooms closer than you think. Over those four decades explorers including John Ross, David Buchan, William Edward Parry, Frederick William Beechey, James Clark Ross (nephew of John Ross), George Back, Peter Warren Dease and Thomas Simpson led productive expeditions to the Canadian Arctic. As the government’s national archive for England, Wales and the United Kingdom, The National Archives hold over 1,000 years of the nation’s records for everyone to discover and use.

Just make sure the filling is completely cooked through and piping hot before you load it into your spud. Putting a comment here does help as on the 9th I commented about my Green badge only taking a few weeks and my Music hadn’t come yet but then a few days later I got my letter and badge, at the start it said ‘Thank you for getting in touch. The Northwest Passage was not navigated by boat until 1906, when Roald Amundsen traversed the passage on the Gjøa. The hope of finding other additional expedition records led Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka of the United States Army to organise an expedition to King William Island between 1878 and 1880. The remaining crew had abandoned the ships and planned to walk over the island and across the sea ice towards the Back River on the Canadian mainland, beginning on 26 April 1848.

The haste required affected quality control of some of the tins, which were later found to have lead soldering that was "thick and sloppily done, and dripped like melted candle wax down the inside surface". The Schwatka expedition found no remnants of the Franklin expedition south of a place now known as Starvation Cove on the Adelaide Peninsula. Tomato-based ragus traditionally served on pasta can be just as enjoyable spooned into a fluffy baked potato. Franklin received command of the expedition on 7 February 1845, and his official instructions on 5 May 1845. Watch our short tutorials or read our step-by-step guides to learn everything you need to know about pruning both new and established roses.Seeking information about the Franklin crew's health and diet, he sent bone samples to the Alberta Soil and Feed Testing Laboratory for trace element analysis and assembled another team to visit King William Island.