"Alert" winter-quarters, floe berg beach, 82° 27’ N - Cape Rawson - north cape of Robeson Channel, northern pack with line of stranded sea ice

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Accession Number
OBJ_0026172
Materials and Techniques
paper (fibre product)
Place
Canada
Description
Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows the HMS Alert (very small in middle distance) trapped in the ice pack at Cape Rawson, Canada, during the winter of 1875-76. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 25 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."
Description
Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows the HMS Alert (very small in middle distance) trapped in the ice pack at Cape Rawson, Canada, during the winter of 1875-76. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 25 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."
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