Samuel Gurney Cresswell (1827-1867)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Neatby, L.H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1982
• Subjects: Artists; Biographies; Cresswell; Samuel Gurney; 1827-1867; Expeditions; Explorers; History; Mapping; Search for Franklin; Sleds; Survival; Starvation; Banks Island; N.W.T; Bering Strait; Mercy Bay; Northwest Passage; Dealy Island; Frozen Strait; Prince of Wales Strait; Arctic; eskimo*; Franklin Bay; Northwest passage
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65420

. Samuel Cresswell was born in 1827, joined the Navy in 1842, and served in the China seas, where he was twice gazetted for service against the pirates of Borneo. On his return to England he was - perhaps through Parry's influence - appointed to the 1848-49 Franklin rescue expedition led by Sir...