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cast: medal cast: Arctic service medal
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medal, British: polar medal: Arctic Discoveries 1818-55
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Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Collinson, 1850-1855
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, HMS Plover, 1848-1854
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClure, 1850-1854
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Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClure, 1850-1854
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HMS Investigator in the pack, October 8th 1850 (Print)
First Arctic Medal (Polar medal)
Sledging over Hummocky Ice, April 1853 (Print)
Critical position of HMS Investigator on the North coast of Baring Island, August 29th 1851 (Print)
Bold Headland on Baring Island (Print)
Critical position of HMS Investigator on the North coast of Baring Island, August 20th 1851 (Print)
HMS Investigator running through a narrow channel in a snow storm, between grounded and packed ice, September 23rd 1851 (Print)
Sledge party leaving HMS Investigator in Mercy Bay, under command of Lieutenant Gurney Cresswell, 15 April 1853 (Print)
Bold Headland on Baring Island (Print)
First discovery of land by HMS Investigator September 6th 1850 (Print)
Sledging over Himmocky Ice, April 1853 (Print)
Sledging over Hummocky Ice, April 1853 (Print)
Sledging over Hummocky Ice, April 1853 (Print)
HMS Investigator in the pack, October 8th 1850 (Print)
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Arctic Service Medal, 1854 (Medal cast)
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Critical Position of H.M.S. Investigator on the North Coast of Baring Island, August 20th 1851 (Print)
First Discovery of Land by HMS Investigator September 6th 1850 (Print)
Sledge Party leaving H.M.S.Investigator in Mercy Bay, under command of Lieutenant Gurney Cresswell. 15 April 1853 (Print)
Sledge Party leaving H.M.S. Investigator in Mercy Bay, under command of Lieutenant Gurney] Cresswell. 15 April 1853 (Print)
First Discovery of Land by HMS Investigator, September 6th 1850 (Print)
Sledge party leaving HMS Investigator in Mercy Bay, under command of Lieutenant Gurney Cresswell, 15 April 1853 (Print)
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