Henry Kellett (1806-1875)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Neatby, L.H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1987
• Subjects: Biographies; Expeditions; Explorers; History; Kellett; Henry; 1806-1875; Search for Franklin; Banks Island waters; N.W.T; Barrow Strait; Nunavut; Beechey Island; Lancaster Sound; Melville Island; N.W.T./Nunavut; Northwest Passage; Stirling; Arctic; Banks Island; Northwest passage
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64827

. Although he hardly rates as an explorer, Sir Henry Kellett rendered a most valuable service to polar history by rescuing the "Investigator" and so preserving the record of her sensational and often perilous voyage [through the Northwest Passage. Those seeking insight into the circumstanc...