Looking down a steep scree slope on Beechey Island, Barrow Strait.

Looking down a steep scree slope on Beechey Island, Barrow Strait.

Ivy sharp commented: 'The terrain is all broken stones like shale...Some passengers said they would climb the 600 ft hill, but as it is all scree I could not see any point in making the effort.'

Object details

ID: PM11795/29
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Sharp, Ivy
Vessels: Kapitan Dranitsyn (1980)
Date made: 1 August 1996
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Ivy Sharp Collection
Measurements: Overall: 25 mm x 36 mm