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Two ships were fitted out with all necessary preparations for such a voyage, the Hecla bomb, and Griper gun-brig, and they sailed from the Thames early in the month of May 1819. Of the high importance and value to navigators of the chronometer, Captain Parry had a striking and undoubted proof in the early part of his voyage.
While in this state a large white bear came near the Griper, and was killed by her people, but he sunk between the pieces of ice. This animal had probably been attracted by the smell of some red herrings which the men were frying at the time.
I found that a heavy piece of ice aground in twelve fathoms, at the distance of three hundred yards from the beach, would suit our purpose for the Hecla, and another, in ten fathoms, still nearer in-shore, was selected for the Griper. These masses were from twenty to thirty feet above the sea, and each about the length of the respective ships.
Ancient voyagers in arctic seas Parry's voyage in command of the Alexander Under Captain John Ross Parry's first expedition with the Hecla and Griper The ice reached Danger among icebergs The vessels freed Steer westward A way cut through the ice Enter Lancaster Sound Sail up it till stopped by the ice Reach longitude 110 degrees west A passage cut through the ice into a harbour in Melville Island Preparations for passing the winter A paper established Plays acted An observatory and house built on shore The former catches fire Many of the men frost-bitten while extinguishing the flames All animals quit the country Scurvy appears Mustard and cress grown Employments of officers and men Excursions on shore Ice begins to break up Get out of harbour Attempt to sail westward defeated Return Parry's second expedition with Fury and Hecla in 1821 to Hudson's Bay Dangers among icebergs and floes Visited by Esquimaux Fox's Channel and Repulse Bay reached Further explorations made No opening found More natives appear Ships frozen in near Lyon Inlet Plays acted A school established Natives come on board Native village Honesty and intelligence of natives A clever woman Iliglink and her son The Esquimaux leave them Ships again put to sea In fearful danger Fury and Hecla Strait reached Attempt to pass through it Go into winter quarters Natives appear Winter less pleasantly spent than the former Great difficulty in escaping Parry's wish to remain overruled Ships swept along by the current Sail homewards Reception at Lerwick Parry's third voyage in the Hecla and Fury, 1824 Accompanied by the William Harris transport Call off Lievely Reach Lancaster Sound Are frozen up in Port Eowen Masquerades Good conduct of the men Progress in the school Expedition on shore Ships get out of harbour In fearful danger The Fury wrecked and abandoned The Hecla refitted, sails homeward, and safely reaches England Remarks on Admiral Sir Edward Parry.
Among the midshipmen were Joseph Nias and James Clark Ross, who became eminent arctic explorers. The Griper was commanded by Lieutenant Siddon, and his first lieutenant was Mr Hoppner. The two vessels sailed from the Nore on the 11th of May, 1819, and having rounded the Orkneys, stood across the Atlantic. Having contrary winds, they made but slow progress.
The equipment of the ships had gone on satisfactorily during my absence, the Griper being nearly ready for sea, the Hecla not quite so forward, on account of the heavy work with the ballast, of which sixty-five tons had been brought on board, to supply the deficiency of weight in her holds.
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