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William Penny

Index William Penny

Captain William Penny (1809–1892) was a Scottish shipmaster, whaler and Arctic explorer. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 28 relations: Aberdeen, Arctic, Auyuittuq National Park, Baffin Bay, Baffin Island, Beechey Island, Cornwallis Island (Nunavut), Cumberland Sound, Franklin's lost expedition, Horatio Thomas Austin, Inuit, Jane Franklin, John Franklin, John Ross (Royal Navy officer), Jones Sound, Kekerten Island, Kirk of St Nicholas, Lancaster Sound, Margaret Penny, Moravian Church, Nunavut, Penny Ice Cap, Penny Strait, Peterhead, Queens Channel, Thurston Island, Wellington Channel, Whaling.

  2. British polar explorers

Aberdeen

Aberdeen (Aiberdeen,; Obar Dheathain; Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous Scottish city.

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Arctic

The Arctic is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth.

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Auyuittuq National Park

Auyuittuq National Park (ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ,, "the land that never melts") is a national park located on Baffin Island's Cumberland Peninsula, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, the largest political subdivision of Canada.

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Baffin Bay

Baffin Bay (Inuktitut: Saknirutiak Imanga; Avannaata Imaa; Baie de Baffin), located between Baffin Island and the west coast of Greenland, is defined by the International Hydrographic Organization as a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean.

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Baffin Island

Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada, the second largest island in the Americas (behind Greenland), and the fifth-largest island in the world.

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Beechey Island

Beechey Island (script) is an island located in the Arctic Archipelago of Nunavut, Canada, in Wellington Channel.

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Cornwallis Island (Nunavut)

Cornwallis Island is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, part of the Arctic Archipelago, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut in the Canadian Arctic.

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Cumberland Sound

Cumberland Sound (Baie Cumberland; Inuit: Kangiqtualuk) is an Arctic waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.

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Franklin's lost expedition

Franklin's lost expedition was a failed British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin that departed England in 1845 aboard two ships, and, and was assigned to traverse the last unnavigated sections of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic and to record magnetic data to help determine whether a better understanding could aid navigation.

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Horatio Thomas Austin

Sir Horatio Thomas Austin (10 March 1800 – 16 November 1865) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer. William Penny and Horatio Thomas Austin are explorers of the Arctic.

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Inuit

Inuit (ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, ᐃᓄᒃ, dual: Inuuk, ᐃᓅᒃ; Iñupiaq: Iñuit 'the people'; Greenlandic: Inuit) are a group of culturally and historically similar Indigenous peoples traditionally inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of North America, including Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Yukon (traditionally), Alaska, and Chukotsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.

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Jane Franklin

Jane, Lady Franklin (née Griffin; 4 December 1791 – 18 July 1875) was a British explorer, seasoned traveler and the second wife of the English explorer Sir John Franklin.

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John Franklin

Sir John Franklin (16 April 1786 – 11 June 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer and colonial administrator. William Penny and John Franklin are British polar explorers and explorers of the Arctic.

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John Ross (Royal Navy officer)

Sir John Ross (24 June 1777 – 30 August 1856) was a Scottish Royal Navy officer and polar explorer. William Penny and John Ross (Royal Navy officer) are explorers of the Arctic.

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Jones Sound

Jones Sound is a waterway in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada.

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Kekerten Island

Kekerten Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.

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Kirk of St Nicholas

The Kirk of St Nicholas is a historic church located in the city centre of Aberdeen, Scotland.

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Lancaster Sound

Lancaster Sound is a body of water in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.

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Margaret Penny

Margaret Penny née Irvine (12 December 1812 - 11 June 1891) was an explorer and pioneer who was the first Scottish woman to go on an expedition to Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada.

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Moravian Church

The Moravian Church, or the Moravian Brethren (Moravská církev or Moravští bratři), formally the Unitas Fratrum (Latin: "Unity of the Brethren"), is one of the oldest Protestant denominations in Christianity, dating back to the Bohemian Reformation of the 15th century and the Unity of the Brethren (Jednota bratrská) founded in the Kingdom of Bohemia, sixty years before Martin Luther's Reformation.

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Nunavut

Nunavut (ᓄᓇᕗᑦ) is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada.

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Penny Ice Cap

The Penny Ice Cap, formerly Penny Icecap, is a ice cap in Auyuittuq National Park of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.

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Penny Strait

The Penny Strait is a natural waterway through the central Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut.

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Peterhead

Peterhead (Ceann Phàdraig, Peterheid) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Queens Channel

The Queens Channel is a natural waterway through the central Canadian Arctic Archipelago in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut.

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Thurston Island

Thurston Island is a largely ice-covered, glacially dissected island, long and wide, lying between Amundsen Sea and Bellingshausen Sea a short way off the northwest end of Ellsworth Land, Antarctica.

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Wellington Channel

The Wellington Channel (not to be confused with Wellington Strait) is a natural waterway through the central Canadian Arctic Archipelago in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut.

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Whaling

Whaling is the hunting of whales for their usable products such as meat and blubber, which can be turned into a type of oil that was important in the Industrial Revolution.

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See also

British polar explorers

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Penny

Also known as Penny, William.