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On the aft promenade deck of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cruise ship Viceroy of India (1929) above the Arctic Circle, Norway (Sheet film negative)
Passengers on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cruise ship Viceroy of India (1929) while at sea north of the Arctic Circle. (Sheet film negative)
On board the Orient Line cruise ship Orontes (1929) north of the Arctic Circle at the time of the midnight sun. (Sheet film negative)
On board an unidentified cruise ship north of the Arctic Circle looking at the midnight sun. (Sheet film negative)
Model of a snow knife (Model)
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary oiler Wave Premier (1946) refuelling the aircraft carrier Vengeance (1944) in the Arctic Ocean (Sheet film negative)
Three passengers being escorted by a deck officer from a Canadian Territorial helicopter on the heli-pad at the stern of the ice breaker Kapitan Dranitsyn (1975) (Roll film negative)
The empty helicopter pad at the stern of the ice breaker Kapitan Dranitsyn (1975) (Roll film negative)
A view from the portside of the bridge looking back at the pack ice. (Roll film negative)
A view from the bridge of the Kapitan Dranitsyn (1975) of the loose pack ice. (Roll film negative)
A view of the ice floes and loose pack ice, taken looking at the sun. (Roll film negative)
A view of loose pack ice with sections of thicker ice, taken from the Kapitan Dranitsyn (1975) (Roll film negative)
A view from the bridge of the Kapitan Dranitsyn (1975) of the loose pack ice. (Roll film negative)
On board an unidentified cruise ship north of the Arctic Circle looking at the midnight sun. (Sheet film negative)
The fore deck of the Orient Line cruise ship Orontes (1929) while in the Arctic Circle off the Norwegian coast approaching the midnight sun. (Sheet film negative)
On board the Orient Line cruise ship Orontes (1929) north of the Arctic Circle at the time of the midnight sun. (Sheet film negative)
On board the Orient Line cruise ship Orontes (1929) north of the Arctic Circle at the time of the midnight sun. (Sheet film negative)
On the aft promenade deck of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cruise ship Viceroy of India (1929) above the Arctic Circle, Norway (Sheet film negative)
On board the Canadian Pacific Steamships cruise ship Montrose (1922) under way above the Arctic Circle. (Sheet film negative)
A close-up view of broken dirty pack ice taken from the deck of the Kapitan Dranitsyn (1975) (Roll film negative)
A view of the broken ice floes and loose pack ice taken from the deck of the Kapitan Dranitsyn (1975) (Roll film negative)
A close-up view of broken pack ice taken from the deck of the Kapitan Dranitsyn (1975) (Roll film negative)
The two starboard side enclosed lifeboats suspended from their davits. (Roll film negative)
A view of the broken ice floes and loose pack ice taken from the deck of the Kapitan Dranitsyn (1975) (Roll film negative)
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