At Sealand, he lived with two older female orcas named Haida II and Nootka IV. It housed a number of orcas&colon; Haida, Nootka, and Tilikum. Eventually, Sealand captured a female whale named Nootka II for his mate. They passed through Johnstone Strait and Cordero Channel and returned to Nootka Sound. It separates Vancouver Island and Nootka Island. The taxonomic status of Nootka cypress has changed over time. Upon entering Nootka Sound, they found William Douglas and his ship "Iphigenia". He found the situation at Nootka Sound bleak. He assisted Vancouver in negotiations with the Spanish at Nootka Sound. It called for the mutual abandonment of Nootka Sound. The expedition made a study of the Nootka. In response to the Nootka Crisis France mobilized its navy. News about the events at Nootka Sound reached London in January 1790. This was the beginning of his three years among the Nootka. Robert Gray witnessed much of the Nootka Incident.