William Edward Parry
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Sir William Edward Parry was a Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for his 1819-1820 expedition through the Parry Channel, probably the most successful in the long quest for the Northwest Passage, until it was finally negotiated by Roald Amundsen in 1906.
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Parry Channel runs west from Lancaster Sound. Melville Island is the westernmost yellow-and-pink island on the north side.
Foxe Basin. Melville Peninsula on the west between Frozen Strait (south) and Fury and Hecla Strait (north)!["Das Eismeer" (The Sea of Ice) by Caspar David Friedrich, 1823-4, was inspired by Parry's account from the 1819-1820 expedition. The harsh nature (e.g. the shipwreck) and radical composition, however, caused it to remain unsold until the death of the artist in 1840.[2]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Caspar_David_Friedrich_-_Das_Eismeer_-_Hamburger_Kunsthalle_-_02.jpg/1280px-Caspar_David_Friedrich_-_Das_Eismeer_-_Hamburger_Kunsthalle_-_02.jpg)
"Das Eismeer" (The Sea of Ice) by Caspar David Friedrich, 1823-4, was inspired by Parry's account from the 1819-1820 expedition. The harsh nature (e.g. the shipwreck) and radical composition, however, caused it to remain unsold until the death of the artist in 1840.[2]
"The Crews of H.M.S. Hecla & Griper Cutting into Winter Harbour, 26 Sept. 1819". An engraving from the journal published in 1821.
Winter Island by Jean-Baptiste Henri Durand-Brager
HMS Hecla and HMS Fury enter Baffin Bay during the 1824 expedition
The Officers Monument near the site of Greenwich Hospital in east LondonAwards 3
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Alexander Emanuel AgassizAlso won Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
William Edmond LoganAlso won Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Jacobus KapteynAlso won Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Edward SabineAlso won Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Arthur AuwersAlso won Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Katherine GraingerAlso won Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of EdinburghAbout this person
Sir William Edward Parry was a Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for his 1819-1820 expedition through the Parry Channel, probably the most successful in the long quest for the Northwest Passage, until it was finally negotiated by Roald Amundsen in 1906. In 1827, Parry attempted one of the earliest expeditions to the North Pole. He reached 82° 45' N, setting a record for human exploration Farthest North that stood for nearly five decades before being surpassed at 83° 20' N by Albert Hastings Markham in 1875.
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