household tasks. The captain presented them to the public in various locations, such as Hull, York, the Mechanics' Institute in Manchester and the Moravian community near Manchester and used these exhibitions to obtain donations to buy goods for them to take back to Niatiluk such as rifles, ammunition, utensils, etc. The elders of Trinity House, Hull also presented them with more firearms and tools at a ceremony before they left for their home in the north. The good captain's efforts did not stop there as in 1848 he also addressed a memorial to Queen Victoria through his local M.P. outlining a scheme that would alleviate the misery and destitution of the Inuit settlements worded partly as follows:- ".....Your Majesty's Memorialist has been deeply impressed, from personal observations, with their miserable lot; and with great humility ventures to suggest that the most effectual method of securing their permanent benefit will be to colonise the western side of Davis' Straits, – making Hogarth Sound (Cumberland Sound) the principal stations, – in the manner which has for many years been adopted by the Danish Government on the eastern side, where the natives are comparatively happy and where there is no risk of their being subjected to the horrible calamities which those on the western coast have continually to endure..." Unfortunately his appeal fell on deaf ears in the Colonial Office, therefore little was achieved in that direction. Sadly, when the Truelove sailed again for Cumberland Sound Uckaluk (translated into English, a hare) died of measles brought on board by a seaman. She was very attached to Captain Parker, having reportedly said, "Uckaluk no father, no mother; Captain Parker be her father, doctor (the ship's surgeon Mr.Gedney) be her mother." and he had her buried on an island called Kinatuk. A cast of her head, that of her husband Memiadluck and John Parker himself can be seen at the Hull Maritime Museum. Despite several attempts to transfer a Moravian missionary from Greenland this was not achieved, due to weather conditions, until one was eventually brought over directly from Britain some years later. The search for Franklin In 1845 Sir John Franklin led an expedition to try to find the North West Passage, but nothing was seen or heard from him or his ships after they left the coast of Baffin Island. Many searches were made for the expedition and, in 1849, Captain Parker brought