Bernier’s voyage in 1908-10 was for the purpose of regulating fishing and assure Canadian sovereignty over these large fishing and whaling grounds. Bernier includes a concise summary of previous polar expeditions (p. 17-22), presumably based partly on collections aboard the ship. Unaccountably he skips the period between Ross in 1818 and Inglefield in 1852, excluding both Parry and Franklin though both figure elsewhere in the book.
1908-10 Canadian Arctic Expedition to Northern Waters (aboard Arctic commanded by J. E. Bernier)
This 1908 expedition wintered at Winter Harbour, Melville Island, 1908-09.