Logbook, 1819-1820.

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Logbook, 1819-1820.

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Logbook, 1819 May 11--1820 November 3, kept while serving as a midshipman on the HMS Griper during the British arctic expedition to find the Northwest Passage. It includes detailed observations on Winter Harbor on Melville Island while the expedition wintered over. The logbook contains daily records on locations and events as well as a series of highly detailed pen-and-ink drawings of the shoreline of Baffin Bay and Lancaster Sound with latitude and longitude noted. Also included are daily meteorological records for the entire time the expedition was underway.

1 v. ; 32 cm.

Dartmouth College Library

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Griffith, William Nelson.

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Griffith entered the Royal Navy in 1811. Was a midshipman on board the HMS Griper during William Parry's first expedition (1819-1820) to the Arctic and served as midshipman on the HMS Hecla on the second expedition (1821-1823). He later served as a lieutenant on the HMS Barreto Junior in 1845 when it provisioned Franklin's expedition. Griffith Point on Melville Island and Griffith Creek in Hecla Strait are named for him. From the description of Logbook, 1819-1820. (Dartmouth College ...

Griper (Ship)

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Hecla (Ship)

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Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790-1855

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Sir (William) Edward Parry: b 1790; entered Royal Navy 1803; Lt 1810; in 1818 he commanded the ALEXANDER, a hired brig under the orders of Captain John Ross in his expedition to the Arctic; in 1819 he was appointed to the HECLA, in command of an expedition to discover the north-west passage; promoted Commander, 1820 and Captain 1821; led a further three expeditions to the Arctic, 1821-1825; Hydrographer to the Admiralty, 1825; led a further expedition to the North Pole, 1827, reaching further no...