Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: The Crews of H. M. S. Hecla & Griper cutting into Winter Harbour, Septr. 26th. 1819
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Accession number:
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02295
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Record number:
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02295-13
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JCB call number:
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D821 P265j1 / 1-SIZE
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Image title:
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The Crews of H. M. S. Hecla & Griper cutting into Winter Harbour, Septr. 26th. 1819
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Creator 1:
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William Westall
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Creator 1 dates:
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1781-1850
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Creator 1 role:
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Drawn & Engraved by
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Creator 2:
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Lieut. Beechey
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Creator 2 role:
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from a Sketch by
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Place image published:
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London
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Image publisher:
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John Murray
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Image date:
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1821
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Image function:
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plate; vol. 1, following p. 96
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Technique:
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steel engraving
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Image dimension height:
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13 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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20.5 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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27.2 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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20.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Description:
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Men cut and remove blocks of ice in order to create a channel. Includes barrels or kegs, dogs, and ships. Also includes man taking soundings through a hole in the ice.
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Source creator:
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Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790-1855
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Source Title:
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Journal of a voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1819-20, in his Majesty's ships Hecla and Griper, under the orders of William Edward Parry, ...
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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John Murray, Publisher to the Admiralty, and Board of Longitude.
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Source date:
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MDCCCXXI. [1821]
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notes:
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Parry chose a bay near Fife's harbor as the place where the ships would be wintered over. Ice was forming so quickly that a channel had to be cut into the ice to move the ships to safety. The canal cut was about 2 and 1/3 miles long in ice about 7 inches thick. Parry called the area Winter Harbour and the islands discovered near there the North Georgian Islands.William Parry's first independent expedition to find a northwest passage left in 1819 to try to meet John Franklin coming over land. His ships were the first British ones to enter the Arctic Archipelago, and he was the first to reach 110o W longitude. He stayed on Melville Island (named for Viscount Melville) until August 1, 1820, sailed a little farther south and west, then returned to England. He proved that it was possible to winter over in the Arctic and showed that one would have to navigate through an archipelago to find a northwest passage. The second expedition left in April of 1821; two winters were passed in the Arctic, much knowledge of the Inuit was gained, but ice blocked any discovery of a passage.Image placed horizontally on page.
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Time Period:
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1801-1850
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1874.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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Arctic
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject headings:
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Canada, northern
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Subject headings:
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Arctic regions
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Subject headings:
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Northwest Passage
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