The pack ice off Prince Leopold Island, near Somerset Island

A portrait photograph. A general view of the pack ice with pools of standing water or new ice between the hummocks, off Prince Leopold Island, near Somerset Island. In the background, looking towards the horizon, sun light can just be seen below a line of dark grey clouds. The photograph was taken from the ice breaker Kapitan Dranitsyn (1980).

Object details

ID: PM11802/16
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Sharp, Ivy
Vessels: Kapitan Dranitsyn (1980)
Date made: 3 August 1996
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Ivy Sharp Collection
Measurements: Overall: 25 mm x 36 mm