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An aerial view of the ice breaker Kapitan Dranitsyn (1980) in the pack ice in Wellington Channel taken from the helicopter.
An aerial starboard bow view of the ice breaker Kapitan Dranitsyn (1980) in the solid pack ice in Wellington Channel, taken from the helicopter. The previous track of the ice breaker can be seen in the ice where it has been broken up.
Ivy Sharp's account says: 'We had an especially long flight over ice, but we could not put down because there was too much surface water, Actually the thickness is reckoned to be 2-3 metres, quite strong enough to support our transport.'
Ivy Sharp's account says: 'We had an especially long flight over ice, but we could not put down because there was too much surface water, Actually the thickness is reckoned to be 2-3 metres, quite strong enough to support our transport.'
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Object details
| ID: | PM11800/9 |
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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: | 2 August 1996 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Ivy Sharp Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 25 mm x 36 mm |