Parks Canada 2011 Arctic Expeditions

Key Characters of the Past

Graves of Ames, Boyle and Kerr seen in 2010
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• HMS Investigator
  • John Ames, Able Seaman/Sick Bay Attendant (c. 1820-53)
    
    
  • John Kerr, Gunner’s Mate (c. 1819-53)
    
    
  • John Boyle, Able Seaman/extra Sick Bay Attendant (c. 1824-53)
    
    
  • Vice-Admiral Sir Robert John Le Mesurier McClure, RN (1807-73)
    
    
  • Master Stephen Court, RN (1826-61)
    
    
  • Staff Commander Frederick John Krabbé, RN (1824-69)
    
    
  • Quartermaster Lieutenant John Woon, RM (1824-77)
    
    
  • Captain Samuel Gurney Cresswell, RN (1827-67)
    
    
  • Johann August Miertsching, Inuktitut Interpreter (1817-75)
    
    
  • John Davis, Able Seaman/Quartermaster (born c. 1821)
    
    
  • Who was Sir John Franklin?
    
     
• Other Searches
  • Ipirvik and Taqulittuq