Parry's Flagstaff Site near Igloolik, Northwest Territories

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: MacDonald, John
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1992
• Subjects: Biographies; Culture (Anthropology); Equipment and supplies; Ethnography; Expeditions; Explorers; Franklin; Sir John; 1786-1847; Hall; Charles Francis; 1821-1871; History; Inuit; Parry; Sir William Edward; 1790-1855; Search for Franklin; Igloolik Island (69 23 N; 81 40 W); Nunavut; Winter Island; Arctic; Baffin Island; Flagstaff; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Igloolik; Melville Peninsula; Northwest Territories; Pacific; Repulse Bay; Baffin; inuit; North West Passage; Northern Sea Route; Winter island
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64462

William Edward Parry's "Second voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage," during the years 1821 to 1823, took him to the shores of Melville Peninsula in Canada's Eastern Arctic. The expedition spent its first winter on a small island east of Repulse Bay, appropriately nam...