A close-up view of loose pack ice and small icebergs

A close-up view of loose pack ice and small icebergs floating in the open Beaufort Sea taken from the ice breaker Kapitan Dranitsyn (1975). The sun is partially below the horizon, the upper part slightly obscurred by light clouds. The photograph is slightly unsharp.

On 26 July 1996 the Kapitan Dranitsyn (1975) anchored off Pauline Cove near the abandoned whaling settlement on Herschel Island. It then made its way through the Beaufort Sea.

Object details

ID: PM11773/21
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Sharp, Ivy
Date made: 26 July 1996
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Ivy Sharp Collection
Measurements: Overall: 25 mm x 36 mm