The peers immediately objected to such tactics and ejected the seamen.
A gestation of 15 years of continued interest and agonising over the whereabouts of the missing seamen ensured an emotional investment in the expedition.
We may guess that he had access to external income, perhaps from work abroad or employment as a seaman.
And crucially all three died, as other seamen had and continued to do so, doing their duty.
In just two cases were the husbands' professions recorded : one was a seaman and the other was a shoemaker.
Following the pattern of explorers and seamen he also collected natural history specimens.
Norwegian seamen were slightly higher paid, but there might also have been a shortage in labour supply.
Both the trade unions and the many seamen in the dockyards tried to resist, but they were poorly armed and were eventually forced to surrender.
