Captain William Penny

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DedicateeDedicated to Captain William Penny (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1809 - 1892)

FunderFunded by The Rotary Club of Aberdeen (Aberdeen, Scotland)

DescriptionCAPTAIN WILLIAM PENNY 1809 - 1892 ARCTIC EXPLORER AND NAVIGATOR LIVED HERE

HistoryWhaler and Arctic Explorer. An innovative whaler who developed the use of new fishing grounds in the Davis Straits and established a good working relationship with the native Inuit, he pioneered techniques for over wintering in the Arctic on board ship. He is best remembered for his efforts to discover the fate of the Franklin expedition which left Britain in 1846 looking for the North-West Passage.
Location Info1, South Crown Street
NotesImage Attribution: watty62, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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