 The ship's last recorded position while the crew was still alive was , about 250 miles north of Utqiagvik, Alaska (named in 1825), while the ship was discovered near Greenland.Similar stories had previously appeared which shared some, but not all, of the elements of the "Octavius" story.In a 1905 version, traced by author David Meyer, the ship was named the "Gloriana", and there was no mention of the Northwest Passage.