Henry Kellett
Preparations for the escape parties continued, despite their slim chances for success. On 6 April a detail of men digging Boyle's grave observed a figure approaching from seaward. It was Lieutenant Bedford Pim of , which was wintering off Melville Island under Captain Henry Kellett 28 days away by sledge. "Resolute" was accompanied by "Intrepid", laying supply depots off Melville Island for the continued search of Franklin and now McClure (having located one of McClure's stashed messages from 1852). Afterwards, Pim described meeting McClure: