Ross's Winter Quarters In Felix Harbour
by Sheila Terry/science Photo Library
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Ross's Winter Quarters In Felix Harbour
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Sheila Terry/science Photo Library
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In May 1829, the Scottish explorer John Ross RN (1777-1856) left the UK in the paddle steamer Victory on his second expedition to the Arctic to search for a northwest passage, a sea route connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific. The Victory with its crew of four officers and nineteen men reached the Prince Regent Inlet in August 1829 but by September the ship was icebound and they were forced to spend the winter in Felix Harbour on the Boothia Peninsular. For shelter, a hut, they named Somerset House, was built from the wreck of the ship Fury. By October 1830 they had only travelled three miles and spent the next winter icebound, though in June 1831, they located the magnetic North Pole. They spent four frozen-in winters. The provisions became dangerously low, there was scurvy and frostbite and three crew members died. In August 1833 they were rescued by a whaler, the Isabella.
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