"Alert" winter-quarters, 82° 27’ N, floe-bergs aground protecting ship from northern pack

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Accession Number
OBJ_0026180
Date
1875 – 1876
Materials and Techniques
paper (fibre product)
Place
Canada
Description
Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows the HMS Alert bedded down for the winter in the ice pack. Snowy mountains loom behind the ship. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 48 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."
Description
Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows the HMS Alert bedded down for the winter in the ice pack. Snowy mountains loom behind the ship. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 48 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."
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