The crew of "Resolute" set up winter camp and a temporary dock on the stationary land ice of Dealy Island near the north shore of Viscount Melville Sound. During the spring and summer of 1853, the crews of "Resolute" and "Intrepid" sledged aboard in search of clues to Franklin's whereabouts in hope to locate "Investigator" and "Enterprise". They found neither Franklin nor "Enterprise", but did succeed in finding and rescuing Captain McClure and his crew upon the ice-bound ship, HMS "Investigator" in April 1853. Captain Kellett ordered McClure to abandon "Investigator" due to the ship being frozen in ice since 1850. The lack of a proper spring and summer thaw kept the ship at bay. The conditions caused severe hardship for the crew, forcing the crew to reduce their rations for over a year. Before winter set in, and while passage remained open at Dealy Island, the 1852–53 winter camp was dissolved and "Resolute" and "Intrepid" sailed eastward. In August 1853, a cold front caused the open passage to freeze, encasing "Resolute" in ice. Since the flow direction of the water, and therefore the ice, was from the west to the east, "Resolute" moved east at about per day. The crew prepared the ship for the winter by stowing her sails and upper rigging below deck. "Resolute" was still beset by this floe ice in the spring of 1854. In April, Belcher ordered Captain Kellett to abandon "Resolute". Despite his protest, Kellett obeyed orders and prepared the ship for winter. In May, Captain Kellett left "Resolute" locked in the slowly moving floe ice, and led his men in a hard march across the ice to reach the ships of the expedition at Beechey Island. Their number included the officers and crew of "Investigator", rescued by Kellett in the spring of 1853, and the men from "Intrepid" and "Resolute".