Robert J.L. McClure (1807-1873)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Neatby, L.H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1985
• Subjects: Biographies; Expeditions; Explorers; History; Mapping; McClure; Robert John LeMesurier; 1807-1873; Search for Franklin; Banks Island; N.W.T; Northwest Passage; Parry; Cape; Prince of Wales Strait; Victoria Island; N.W.T./Nunavut; Viscount Melville Sound; Arctic; Bering Strait; Cape Parry; Cape Prince of Wales; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Kellett; Mackenzie River; McClintock; Melville Sound; Nunavut; The Narrows; eskimo*; Mackenzie river; Northwest passage; Melville Island
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65164

Robert John LeMesurier McClure was born of Anglo-Irish gentry in 1807. He joined the Navy at the advanced age of 16 and for many years missed promotion. In 1836-1837 he was mate on George Back's Terror cruise in Hudson Bay and came back well initiated in the dangers of pack ice. . After years o...