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