Editing HMS Griper (1813) (section)

==Voyage to Greenland and Norway (1823)==
''Griper'' was refitted at Deptford between February and May 1823. Under the command of [[Douglas Clavering|Captain Douglas Clavering]], she conducted a voyage to [[Greenland]] and [[Spitzbergen]], conveying astronomer [[Edward Sabine]] who took observations on behalf of the [[Board of Longitude]].<ref>''[[The Times]] (London)'', Saturday, 20 December 1823, p.2</ref> 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]].<ref>[http://www.eastgreenland.com/filer/2005-01_Exploration_history_East_Greenland.pdf Exploration history of East Greenland] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214062029/http://www.eastgreenland.com/filer/2005-01_Exploration_history_East_Greenland.pdf |date=14 February 2012 }}</ref>