Port broadside view of 'Alert' (1856) in the ice, possibly between Lincoln Bay and Wrangel Bay on the way south in 1876, or north in 1875. The official catalogue states that it is 'Alert' in Lincoln Bay waiting to get north, and dates it to September 1875. The date is wrong as the ship was in Lincoln Bay on 30 and 31 August, leaving in the forenoon of 1 September when the gale forced the ice northward. Parr records that the ship was facing the wrong direction on 31 August for an attempt to be made to get north, which would explain the cliffs being on the starboard side [NMM, PRR/10/1]. Moreover, Markham refers to the boats having to be turned inwards to protect them from the ice that was about ten foot thick [The Great Frozen Sea, page 117 (1894 edition)]. However, the handwritten catalogue that accompanies album ALB0563 states that this is of the ship returning south in Summer 1876. 'Alert' was best in the ice off Cape Union on 2 and 3 August 1876 and because of the height of the ice, the Official Report by Nares records that the midship boats were turned inboard but that the quarter boats could not be protected, as illustrated in the print. Therefore, this photograph could be during the voyage from Cape Union to Cape Beechey, which was reached on 3 August 1876.