"Discovery" winter quarters, Spring 1876 - Lat 81° 44’ N, guide posts to observatory
Object
- Accession Number
- OBJ_0026447
- Date
- 1875 – 1876
- Materials and Techniques
- paper (fibre product)
- Place
- Canada
- Description
- Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows the HMS Discovery surrounded by the ice pack in 'Discovery' Bay, Canada. Surveying equipment and a tent anchored in the snow with a long rope can be seen on the right. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 11 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 Discovery surrounded by the ice pack in 'Discovery' Bay, Canada. Surveying equipment and a tent anchored in the snow with a long rope can be seen on the right. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 11 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."
- See Elsewhere
- MDS record link
- Record Rights
- Science Museum Group
- CC BY
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