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A view of the upper deck of 'Alert' (1856) looking aft from behind the main mast
A view of the upper deck of 'Alert' (1856) looking aft from behind the main mast.
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Alexandra Bay [Princess Alexandra Harbour], Ellesmere Island
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Arctic Exploration: North Pole expedition, Nares, 1875-1876
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View from the ice of 'Alert' (1856) ashore in Radmore Harbour, Rawlings Bay, at low tide. (Photographic print)
A view looking into Franklin Pierce Bay from the western end of Cape Prescott (Photographic print)
Starboard stern view of 'Discovery' (1873) cutting an ice dock four miles off Cape Hilgard in Dobbin Bay. (Photographic print)
A view from near one of the ships towards Cape Louis Napoleon on the northeast coast of Dobbin Bay. (Photographic print)
'Alert' (1856) in Winter Quarters at 'Floe-berg Beach', on the north coast of Ellesmere Island. (Photographic print)
A view towards Cape Sabine from the shore at Port Payer, Ellesmere Island. (Photographic print)
Alert' (1856), 'Discovery' (1873) and 'Valorous' (1851) anchored in Disco Harbour, Godhaven (Photographic print)
'Alert' (1856) in Winter Quarters at 'Floeberg Beach, on the north coast of Ellesmere Island (Photographic print)
The brass plate engraved for the grave of Captain Hall, the leader of the U.S. 'Polaris Expedition' who died in 1871. (Photographic print)
A starboard near bow view of 'Discovery' (1873) attached to the ice off Cape York. (Photographic print)
'Alert' (1856) in Winter Quarters at Floeberg Beach' on the north coast of Ellesmere Island, looking towards Cape Rawson in the distance. (Photographic print)
'Alert' (1856) beset in ice when off Cape Beechey having been pushed on shore and trapped by ice floes. (Photographic print)
Two unidentified Inuit of Disco outside a hut close to the settlement at Godhaven. (Photographic print)
A view looking south-southwest towards Cape Baird across the entrance to Lady Franklin Sound (Bay). (Photographic print)
'Discovery' (1873) with awnings rigged in Discovery Harbour, Lady Franklin Sound (Bay) (Photographic print)
Discovery' (1873) with awnings rigged in Discovery Harbour, Lady Franklin Sound (Bay). (Photographic print)
A view of the head of a Musk Oxen (Photographic print)
'Discovery' (1873) with awnings rigged and tide gauge fixed at the stern, Discovery Harbour, Lady Franklin Sound (Bay). (Photographic print)
'Alert' (1856) in Winter Quarters at 'Floeberg Beach' on the north coast of Ellesmere Island. (Photographic print)
The shipkeepers of 'Discovery' (1873) sitting on a dog sledge with the remaining dogs. (Photographic print)
'Discovery' (1873) with awnings rigged and the tide gauge fixed at the stern, in Discovery Harbour, Lady Franklin Sound (Bay). (Photographic print)
A view looking south-southwest towards Cape Baird across the entrance to Lady Franklin Sound (Bay). (Photographic print)
Possibly a view from Cape Louis Napoleon looking northeast towards Hayes Point and Cape Frazer. (Photographic print)
Starboard bow view of 'Alert' (1856), with Berrie, Ice Quartermaster, standing in the foreground behind a walrus which he killed. (Photographic print)
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