Notwithstanding this, two expeditions were sent two years later to attempt the north-west passage, one by land under Franklin, and the other by sea under Parry.

Parry managed to get half-way across the top of North America, discovered the archipelago named after him, and reached 114 deg.

West longitude, thereby gaining the prize of L5000 given by the British Parliament for the first seaman that sailed west of the 110th meridian.

He was brought up, however, by Banks Land, while the strait which, if he had known it, would have enabled him to complete the north-west passage, was at that time closed by ice.

In two successive voyages, in 1822 and 1824, Parry increased the detailed knowledge of the coasts he had already discovered, but failed to reach even as far westward as he had done on his first voyage.