Episode 3 of 3
Record Furthest West Attainment
- When
- 1819
- Where
- Northwest Passage
Parry's expedition reached 112°51' W, the furthest west attained by any single-season voyage for 150 years.
The expedition reached longitude 112°51' W in the Northwest Passage. No ship was able to travel so far west again in a single season until 1910, when Joseph-Elzéar Bernier reached Cape Dundas on Melville Island.
Sources
- HMS Hecla (1815) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-13
- Melville Island (Northwest Territories and Nunavut) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-03
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