Inuit interpreters: Junius [L] and Augustus [R] Finish:Single 'Father Thames Himself Again'

'Father Thames Himself Again'

or the anatomy of a porpess

a passionate advocate of reform

He was a courtier

Inuit interpreters: Junius [L] and Augustus [R] Finish:Single 'Father Thames Himself Again'Junius and Augustus were two guides recruited in June 1821 when the expedition party left Fort Enterprise for the Coppermine River, crossing the line dividing Indian territory from Inuit. John Franklin's expedition of 1819 22 travelled via the Coppermine River to map the Canadian Arctic coast, as part of efforts to find the fabled North West Passage. Illustration from Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, by John Franklin (London,