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A view of the upper deck of 'Alert' (1856) looking aft from behind the main mast
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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The Honourable Sr. Charles Wager Kt. Vice Admiral of ye Red Squadron of his Majestys Fleet & one of ye Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain (Print)
The Honble John Baker Esqr. Vice Admiral of the White. Obt. 10 Novr. 1716 (Print)
View of the stern of 'Discovery' (1873), showing the tide gauge. (Photographic print)
'Alert' (1856) in Winter Quarters at Floeberg Beach' on the north coast of Ellesmere Island. (Photographic print)
A view looking south-southwest towards Cape Baird across the entrance to Lady Franklin Sound (Bay). (Photographic print)
Discovery' (1873) with awnings rigged, and the smithy and theatre, Discovery Harbour, Lady Franklin Sound (Bay). (Photographic print)
A view looking northward along the North Ravine (Winchester Valley) towards the Polar Sea (Photographic print)
A view of the upper deck of 'Alert' (1856) looking aft from behind the main mast (Photographic print)
A view from the shore looking to the southwest at Port Payer, Ellesmere Island, with a portion of the ice-foot on the right. (Photographic print)
Port broadside view of 'Discovery' (1873) at Port Payer, Ellesmere Island, with Brevoort Island in the background. (Photographic print)
A view of Rawson, Hart and Fulford of 'Discovery' (1873) on the ice at the entrance to Franklin Pierce Bay looking east towards Cape Prescott. (Photographic print)
Fast to the floe under Cape Prescott, Franklin Pierce Bay (Photographic print)
A view of the crew of a dog sledge cutting a road in the ice below the cliffs of Cape Rawson (Photographic print)
Newly formed floe-bergs, showing the old line of floatation (Photographic print)
A starboard quarter view of 'Alert' (1856) alongside ice under Cape Prescott detained by the ice. (Photographic print)
The headstone for Neils Christian Petersen, Danish Interpreter of HMS 'Alert'. (Photographic print)
A view from the Island of Kangitok looking eastward. (Photographic print)
Starboard broadside views of 'Discovery' (1873) and 'Alert' (1856) secured to a floe off Cape Prescott. (Photographic print)
Seven unidentified Inuit women of Disco outside a hut close to the settlement at Godhaven. (Photographic print)
Captain Stephenson with two sailors and the dog sledge on route to 'Alert' (1856) from Discovery Bay (Photographic print)
Mr George White, Assistant Engineer of 'Alert' and the ship's photographer with 'Nelly', Commander Markham's black Retriever. (Photographic print)
Valorous' (1851) and 'Discovery' (1873) alongside in Disco Harbour (Photographic print)
A view along Westward Ho! Valley on the north coast of Ellesmere Island[?], with a dog-sledge and dogs in the foreground. (Photographic print)
A view along Westward Ho! Valley from the top of a rocky promontory, looking westward towards the United States Range. (Photographic print)
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