(He was qualified as a Master Mariner.) In 1976 he was the Master of the CCGS Martha L. Black, a Canadian icebreaking buoy tender, in an east to west transit of the North West Passage.
He went on to circumnavigate North America.
MacFarlane, J.M. (1992) Northwest Passage Challengers. In Resolution. Spring Issue. Maritime Museum of British Columbia
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