A port stern quarter view of 'Alert' (1856) alongside the ice floe, with the crew cutting an ice dock in Dobbin Bay.
A port stern quarter view of 'Alert' (1856) alongside the ice floe, with the crew cutting an ice dock in Dobbin Bay. In the background is the left slope of Cape Hilgard on the northwest coast of the bay. The two ships steamed up Dobbin Bay on 14 August 1875 and secured to the land ice at about 5.30pm. At 6pm they commenced to cut an ice dock for each ship, finishing at about 9.30pm. On 15 August the ships left the docks after blasting a passage through the ice to a lead off Cape Louis Napoleon.
Object Details
| ID: | ALB0563.39 |
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| Type: | Photographic print |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | White, George |
| Vessels: | Alert (1856) |
| Date made: | 14 August 1875 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 158 mm x 208 mm |
| Parts: |
Nares' British Arctic Expedition, 1875-76 (Photograph Album)
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