Admiral Sir Richard Collinson was an English naval officer and explorer of the Northwest Passage.
Collinson in 1877
HMS Plover commanded by Collinson from 1842 to 1846 during his survey of the coast of China
Vice-Admiral Sir Robert John Le Mesurier McClure was an Irish explorer who explored the Arctic. In 1854 he traversed the Northwest Passage by boat and sledge, and was the first to circumnavigate the Americas.
Robert McClure in a portrait by Stephen Pearce (1858)
The Arctic Regions, showing the North-West Passage as determined by Cap. R. McClure and other Arctic Voyagers. 1856.
HMS Investigator trapped in ice, as depicted by the ship's artist Samuel Gurney Cresswell.
Robert McClure’s grave at Kensal Green Cemetery, London, United Kingdom