Rocky escarpment, Greenland

A view of a rocky escarpment or outcrop with pockets of snow at an unidentified location. The photograph may possibly show coal seams - Inglefield spent several days looking for sources of coal and taking samples and sent a report to the Admiralty about brief experiments conducted onboard.

'The Times' reported on 5 October 1854 that Captain Inglefield had discovered a coal mine on the Waygat side of the Island of Disco, from which 80 tons of coal were taken on board, free of expense.

Object Details

ID: G4273
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Inglefield, Edward Augustus
Events: Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Belcher, 1852-1854
Date made: 1854
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 162 mm x 212 mm