John Rae (explorer) - in Popular Culture

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  • Canadian filmmaker John Walker's documentary Passage highlighted Rae's role in the controversy over cannibalism, as well as his discovery of the Rae Strait.
  • In November, 2009, Rae was the subject of the BBC2 programme Ray Mears' Northern Wilderness (Episode 4).

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