 A further note to this voyage occurred on an island later named Clavering Island, where, in August, the expedition made the first and only European contact with the now extinct North Greenland Inuit.Between January and June 1824, "Griper" was refitted for a Parry’s third Northwest Passage expedition.She was commissioned under Captain George Lyon and on 16 June 1824 she sailed for Hudson Bay, and Wager Bay in support of "Hecla" and .