"Alert" winter-quarters, 82° 27’ N, floe-bergs and sea water ice
Object
- Accession Number
- OBJ_0026465
- Date
- 1876
- Materials and Techniques
- paper (fibre product)
- Place
- Canada
- Description
- Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows an iceberg within the northern ice pack at Cape Rawson, Canada, 1876. An unidentified crew member of the HMS Alert rests can be seen standing near the berg on the left. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 31 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."
- Description
- Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows an iceberg within the northern ice pack at Cape Rawson, Canada, 1876. An unidentified crew member of the HMS Alert rests can be seen standing near the berg on the left. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 31 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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