"Alert" stopped off Cape Fraser, 79° 45’ N - no shelter, ships obliged to separate
Object
- Accession Number
- OBJ_0026455
- Date
- 1875 – 1876
- Materials and Techniques
- paper (fibre product)
- Place
- Canada
- Description
- Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows the ice pack in Cape Fraser, Canada. The HMS Alert and HMS Discovery were forced to separate to find shelter. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 41 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 ice pack in Cape Fraser, Canada. The HMS Alert and HMS Discovery were forced to separate to find shelter. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 41 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."
- See Elsewhere
- MDS record link
- Record Rights
- Science Museum Group
- CC BY
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