arcticelves:Sir William Edward Parry by Samuel DrummondParry’s ships Hecla and Griper passed ten mon
arcticelves:Sir William Edward Parry by Samuel DrummondParry’s ships Hecla and Griper passed ten months in the ice in 1819-1820 at Winter Harbour on Melville Island, setting the standard for Arctic expeditions overwintering in the pack. He returned to England in October 1820, having spent eighteen months in the Arctic, with only one man lost. -- source link
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