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Looking down a steep scree slope with old ice in the gully on Beechey Island, Barrow Strait.
Looking down a steep scree slope with old ice in the gully on Beechey Island, Barrow Strait. In the background is Erebus and Terror Bay with the cliffs of Devon Island behind.
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.'
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.'
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Object details
| ID: | PM11796/30 |
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| 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 |