Journal of Samgarnebo Samuel Wilkes, armourer of HMS HECLA kept during voyages undertaken by HMS FURY and HMS HECLA from 1821 to 1823, commanded by Captain William Edward Parry and Captain George Francis Lyon in search of the Northwest Passage. The second volume describes navigating the ships through the ice and freeing them from it. Most of the volume covers the first half of the time spent by both ships in winter quarters at Winter Island. Includes extensive descriptions of encounters with local Inuit, exploration of the region, the search for a man lost on a hunting expedition, and accounts of several theatrical performances put on by the officers to entertain the crews while they were confined to the ships in freezing conditions.