page_title: William Pullen
hierarchical_section_title: William Pullen
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of William John Samuel Pullen (1813-1887) in the uniform of a Captain
context_page_description: Vice-Admiral William John Samuel Pullen was a Royal Navy officer who was the first European to sail along the north coast of Alaska from the Bering Strait to the Mackenzie River in Canada. His 1849 journey was one of the many unsuccessful expeditions to rescue Sir John Franklin and explore the Northwest Passage.
context_section_description: Vice-Admiral William John Samuel Pullen (4 December 1813 – 22 January 1887) was a Royal Navy officer who was the first European to sail along the north coast of Alaska from the Bering Strait to the Mackenzie River in Canada. His 1849 journey was one of the many unsuccessful expeditions to rescue Sir John Franklin and explore the Northwest Passage.
caption: William J.S. Pullen
  (State Library of South Australia B5851)
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