Lost in the Arctic Comprehension Check

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William Parry, a colleague, wrote the navy to support him. What is the meaning of the word colleague?

To draw a conclusion that is not directly stated in a text is making an inference. Is this an inference: People of Great Britain believed that the first country to find the Northwest Passage would have an advantage over other nations.

The authors use the first sentence of the article to

To draw a conclusion that is not directly stated in a text is making an inference. Is this an inference: Lady Jane Franklin was easily discouraged by bad news.

Fact or Opinion: Sir John Franklin was not a very skillful commander.

Fact or Opinion: Lady Jane Franklin should not have wasted her money and risked other people's lives to find her husband's lost expedition.

To draw a conclusion that is not directly stated in a text is making an inference. Is this an inference: If the navy had sent a rescue mission after the second winter, Franklin and his men would have survived.

Franklin had no reliable way to communicate. What is the meaning of the word reliable?