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A view of the upper deck of 'Alert' (1856) looking aft from behind the main mast
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Alexandra Bay [Princess Alexandra Harbour], Ellesmere Island
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A view from either 'Alert' (1856) or 'Discovery' (1873) looking southwest from Cape Hayes. (Photographic print)
A view of the coast of Greenland near Rittenbenk (Photographic print)
A view looking south-southwest towards Cape Baird across the entrance to Lady Franklin Sound (Bay). (Photographic print)
Looking northeast with 'Alert' (1856) and 'Discovery' (1873) at anchor in Alexandra Bay [Princess Alexandra Harbour]. (Photographic print)
A view along Westward Ho! Valley from the top of a rocky promontory, looking westward towards the United States Range. (Photographic print)
A view of the grounded sea ice ('floebergs') forced up onto the shore by the pressure of the ice moving from the north. (Photographic print)
'Discovery' (1873) with awnings rigged, Discovery Harbour, Lady Franklin Sound (Bay). (Photographic print)
A view taken at the southern cape of Wrangle Bay of three men having halted for luncheon on the way from 'Discovery' (1873) to 'Alert' (1856) (Photographic print)
The Lady Franklin Sound Sledge Party prior to departure from Discovery. (Photographic print)
View of the stern of 'Discovery' (1873), showing the tide gauge. (Photographic print)
The North Greenland Party prior to departing for 'Alert' (1856). (Photographic print)
Starboard broadside views of 'Discovery' (1873) and 'Alert' (1856) secured to a floe off Cape Prescott. (Photographic print)
A view of a crew member of 'Alert' in front of the grounded sea ice on the north coast of Ellesmere Island. (Photographic print)
A view of the ice taken from 'Alert' (1856), when beset in the ice off Cape Beechey. (Photographic print)
Discovery' (1873) ashore in Discovery Harbour with grounded ice, looking northwest from Bellot Island. (Photographic print)
To the Right Honorable Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley this map of the colony of New South Wales...'To Capt. Stokes RN from the compiler' written in ink to the right side of title. (Chart)
A starboard broadside view of 'Alert' (1856) stopped in the ice in Buchanan Bay, Hayes Sound (Photographic print)
The headstone for Neils Christian Petersen, Danish Interpreter of HMS 'Alert'. (Photographic print)
Forcing a passage up the Hudson River, 9 October 1776 (Painting)
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