Biografie
He was the uncle of James Clark Ross.
He was an Arctic explorer who was leader of several expeditions.
In 1818 with the vessels Isabella and Alexander he explored Davis Strait and Baffin Bay where he claimed to have found the Croker Mountains at Lancaster Sound and was turned back by them.
He was leader of an expedition of two ships to transit the Northwest Passage.
He led a privately sponsored expedition sponsored by Felix Booth 1829-33 in the steam vessel Victory with James Clark Ross. The vessel was abandoned after three winters.
He made a claim of lands at Possession Bay on behalf of the Crown.
In 1847 he took a private expedition into Barrow Strait in search of Sir John Franklin.
Referenzen
- Davis, Richard C. (Ed.) (1996)
- Markham, Clements R. (1875)
