Two Volumes of Arctic Photographs

Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1.

Photographic album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1." Photographic record containing albumen prints, an official visual record of the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. The expedition's goal was to reach the North Pole by way of Smith Sound, the sea passage between Canada's Ellesmere Island and Greenland.

Measurements:: overall: 40 mm x 365 mm x 269 mm,

Materials:: paper (fibre product) , cardboard and gold leaf

Object Number:: 1981-27/1

type:: photograph albums

Disco, Greenland

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image of the HMS Alert (left) and HMS Discovery (centre) in the bay at Discko, Greenland. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page one of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 205 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/1

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Disco, Greenland

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White, titled "Disco, Greenland". Image shows a group photograph of 18 Inuit people on board a ship at Disko Island, Greenland, during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page two of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 152 mm x 195 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/2

type:: albumen print

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Natives of Disco, Greenland

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. titled "Natives of Disco, Greenland". Image of two Inuit people sitting on the rocky roof of a hut in Disko Island, Greenland, during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page three of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 128 mm x 201 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/3

type:: albumen print

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Hans (Polaris ice-drift) and family

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White, titled "Hans (Polaris ice-drift) and family". Photograph shows Hans Henri, an Inuit dog-driver with his son and daughter sitting on deck of ship at Proven, Greenland, during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page four of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 151 mm x 193 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/4

type:: albumen print

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Innuit family in Disco, Greenland

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White, titled "Innuit family in Disco, Greenland". Photograph shows seven Inuit on the roof of a stone hut at Disko Island, Greenland. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page five of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 157 mm x 200 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/5

type:: albumen print

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Greenland landscape

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image of a rocky landscape with mountain in background and icy lake in foreground. Taken in Greenland during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page six of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 150 mm x 197 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/6

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Prøven, Greenland

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image of Prøven (now Kangersuatsiaq), Greenland, taken from Baffin Bay. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page seven of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 146 mm x 195 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/7

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Prøven, Greenland

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image of an inlet or lake at Prøven (now Kangersuatsiaq), Greenland. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page eight of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 158 mm x 200 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/8

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Egedesminde, Greenland

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image the HMS Discovery anchored at Egedesminde (now Aasiaat), Greenland. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page nine of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 151 mm x 192 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/9

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Egedesminde, Greenland

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Landscape image of Egedesminde (now Aasiaat), Greenland. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 10 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 150 mm x 193 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/10

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Egedesminde, Greenland

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image of two ships (HMS Discovery at right) sailing in a bay in Greenland. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 11 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 150 mm x 193 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/11

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Arctic Highlanders, Cape York, Greenland (Bow of Discovery)

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Photograph shows crew members of the HMS Discovery and native Inuit people standing in front of the bow of the ship. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 12 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/12

type:: albumen print

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Payer Harbour, Cape Sabine - Remains of ice foot (78° 45’ N), 1st August 1875

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows the remains of an ice foot in Prayer Harbour, Cape Sabine, between Greenland and Ellesmere Island, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 13 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 150 mm x 122 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/13

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Cape Victoria, Latt 79° 0’ N: "Alert" signalling "Discovery" 'Take care of iceberg'

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows the HMS Alert sailing through an ice field in Cape Victoria, Franklin Strait, North West Passage. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 14 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 137 mm x 200 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/14

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

HMS Discovery, Cape York

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows the HMS Discovery anchored read an ice floe at Cape York, Baffin Bay, Greenland. Sled dogs can be seen in the foreground. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 15 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 151 mm x 197 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/15

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Franklin Pierce Bay: Lat 79° 30’ N. No water to the northward

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows the HMS Alert anchored near an ice floe in Franklin Pierce Bay, Greenland. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 16 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 148 mm x 202 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/16

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Princess Marie Bay: Lat 79° 20’ N, "Alert" stopped

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows the HMS Alert, with full sails, stopped in the ice pack in Princess Marie Bay, near Ellesmere Island, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 17 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 150 mm x 202 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/17

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Franklin Pierce Bay, 79° 30’ N, no water north

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows the HMS Discovery (left) and HML Alert (right) anchored in the ice pack in Franklin Pierce Bay, near Greenland. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 18 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 152 mm x 197 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/18

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

HMS Alert, Franklin Pierce Bay, 79° 25’ N, walrus shoal (extreme northern point of migration of walrus)

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows the HMS Alert anchored in the ice pack in Franklin Pierce Bay. In the foreground, a crew member poses while harpooning a dead walrus. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 19 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 205 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/19

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Franklin Pierce Bay, 79° 30’ N, no water northward

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows three members of the British Arctic Expedition out on the ice pack in Franklin Pierce Bay. They can be seen using a long pole to perhaps test the depth of the ice. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 20 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 151 mm x 200 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/20

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Franklin Pierce Bay, 79° 30’ N

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image, taken from the HMS Discovery, shows the HMS Alert in the distance in Franklin Pierce Bay. Snow capped mountains can be seen in the background. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 21 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 202 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/21

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Franklin Pierce Bay, 79° 30’ N

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image, taken from the HMS Discovery, shows the HMS Discovery (left) and HMS Alert (right) moored in the ice pack in Franklin Pierce Bay. A mountain looms in the background. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 22 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/22

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Franklin Pierce Bay, 79° 30’ N. Open water northward

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows the ice floe looking northward in Franklin Pierce Bay. Mountains pictured to the left. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 23 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 150 mm x 202 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/23

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Washington Irving or Sphinx Island, Dobbin Bay, 79° 35’ N

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows either Washington Irving Island or Sphinx Island in Dobbin Bay, near Ellesmere Island, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 24 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 140 mm x 200 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/24

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Washington Irving or Sphinx Island, 79° 35’ N

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows either Washington Irving Island or Sphinx Island in Dobbin Bay, near Ellesmere Island, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 25 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 206 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/25

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

"Discovery" Dobbin Bay, 79° 35’ N

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Contact sheet containing four photographs of the HMS Discovery moored in the ice pack in Dobbin Bay, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 26 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 146 mm x 200 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/26

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

"Discovery" Dobbin Bay, 79° 35’ N

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Contact sheet containing four photographs of the HMS Discovery moored in the ice pack in Dobbin Bay, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 27 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/27

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Dobbin Bay, 79° 35’ N - "Alert" cutting a dock

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows the HMS Alert anchored near an ice floe in Dobbin Bay, Canada. Taken from the deck of the HMS Discovery. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 28 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 151 mm x 201 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/28

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Dobbin Bay, 79° 35’ N - "Alert" cutting into Dock

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows the HMS Alert anchored near an ice floe in Dobbin Bay, Canada. Several crew members can be seen working to build a dock out of the ice. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 29 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 205 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/29

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Dobbin Bay, 79° 35’ N - Cutting a dock

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows the HMS Alert anchored near an ice floe in Dobbin Bay, Canada. Several crew members can be seen working to build a dock out of the ice. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 30 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 150 mm x 203 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/30

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Cape Prescott, Dobbin Bay, 79° 35’ N - no water to northward, ships in dock

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows the HMS Alert anchored near an ice floe in Cape Prescott, Dobbin Bay, Canada. Several crew members can be seen standing on the ice to the left of the frame. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 31 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 198 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/31

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Dobbin Bay, 79° 35’ N, Cape Prescott

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows cliffs and ice floes in Dobbin Bay, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 32 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 153 mm x 203 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/32

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Dobbin Bay, 79° 35’ N, Empress Eugénie Glacier in distance

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows ice floes and Empress Eugenie Glacier in Dobbin Bay, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 33 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 151 mm x 203 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/33

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Dobbin Bay, 79° 35’ N, Prince Imperial Island

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows Prince Imperial Island and ice floes in Dobbin Bay, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 34 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 197 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/34

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Dobbin Bay, 79° 35’ N (Dark part is young ice - one part over running the other)

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows ice floes and ice formation in Dobbin Bay, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 35 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 147 mm x 200 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/35

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

79° 40’ N

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows ice floes in Dobbin Bay, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 36 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 148 mm x 203 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/36

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

79° 40’ N

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows ice floes in Dobbin Bay, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 37 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 146 mm x 198 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/37

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

79° 40’ N

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows ice floes and distant hills in Dobbin Bay, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 38 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 152 mm x 197 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/38

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

79° 40’ N

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows ice floes and hills in Dobbin Bay, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 39 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 158 mm x 200 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/39

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Dobbin Bay, 79° 35’ N, Cape Prescott

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows ice floes and hills in Dobbin Bay, Cape Prescott, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 40 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 151 mm x 193 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/40

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

"Alert" stopped off Cape Fraser, 79° 45’ N - no shelter, ships obliged to separate

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows the ice pack in Cape Fraser, Canada. The HMS Alert and HMS Discovery were forced to separate to find shelter. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 41 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 153 mm x 198 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/41

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Cape Fraser in distance - Cape Collinson, 80° 10’ N

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows ice floes in Cape Collinson, Canada, with Cape Fraser visible in the distance. The HMS Alert and HMS Discovery were forced to separate to find shelter. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 42 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 150 mm x 197 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/42

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Disco, Greenland with HMS Valorous and Discovery

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows HMS Valorous and HMS Discovery anchored at Disko Island, Greenland. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 43 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 150 mm x 193 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/43

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Egedesminde, Greenland

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows an iceberg in the bay at Egedesminde, Greenland. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 44 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 152 mm x 200 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/44

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Cape Norton Shaw, 80° 10’ N - Lieutenant Wyatt Rawson practising dog whip

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows Lieutenant Wyatt Rawson (1853-82) practicing using a dog whip on the ice at ape Norton Shaw, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 45 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 153 mm x 200 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/45

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Rawlins Bay, 80° 20’ N - Icefoot, August, low water, small floe-berg aground

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows an 'ice foot' in low water at Rawlins Bay, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 46 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 153 mm x 198 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/46

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Rawlins Bay, 80° 20’ N - small floe-bergs aground, low water

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows an small iceberg in Rawlins Bay, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 47 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 138 mm x 201 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/47

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

"Alert" winter-quarters, 82° 27’ N, floe-bergs aground protecting ship from northern pack

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows the HMS Alert bedded down for the winter in the ice pack. Snowy mountains loom behind the ship. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 48 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 154 mm x 205 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/48

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Radmore Harbour, Rawlins Bay 80° 20’ N - "Alert" forced on shore at high water. Low water-ice aground

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows the HMS Alert moored on the shore at Radmore Harbour, Rawlins Bay, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 49 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 196 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/49

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

80° 20’ N - Icebergs and heavy floes

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows icebergs floating in a bay, with mountains in the background. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 50 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 202 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/50

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Rubble ice late in Summer - Robeson Channel 82° 0’ N

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows 'rubble ice' in the Robeson Channel, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 51 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 202 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/51

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Rubble ice late in Summer - Robeson Channel 82° 0’ N

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows 'rubble ice' in the Robeson Channel, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 52 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 202 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/52

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Alert nipped between grounded floe-berg and the shore, Cape Beechey, 81° 45’ N

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows the HMS Alert surrounded by ice at Beechey Island, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 53 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 153 mm x 202 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/53

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Floeberg aground outside "Alert" - 3 days cutting it down to lighten it before it floated away, Cape Beachey, 81° 45’ N

Albumen print by Thomas Mitchell and George White. Image shows the HMS Alert surrounded by ice at Beechey Island, Canada. Crew members use ice picks to break up the berg. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 54 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1."

Measurements:: overall: 156 mm x 205 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/1/54

type:: albumen print

Part of:: 1981-27/1

Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2.

Photographic album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2." Photographic record containing albumen prints, an official visual record of the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. The expedition's goal was to reach the North Pole by way of Smith Sound, the sea passage between Canada's Ellesmere Island and Greenland.

Measurements:: overall: 40 mm x 365 mm x 269 mm,

Materials:: paper (fibre product) , cardboard and gold leaf

Object Number:: 1981-27/2

type:: photograph albums

Cape Beechey, 81° 44’ N - Floe-bergs aground outside "Alert" - heavy northern pack drifting past with strong wind.

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows rigging and lifeboat on the HMS Alert. Cape Beechey, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page one of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 150 mm x 198 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/1

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

"Alert" stopped in Lincoln Bay, 82° 0’ N, floeberg aground in 12 fathoms

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows the HMS Alert surrounded by ice in Lincoln Bay, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page two of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 150 mm x 198 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/2

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

"Discovery" Bay 81° 44’ N: "Dicovery" preparing for sea, August 1876

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows the HMS Discovery, surrounded by several small icebergs, in 'Discovery' Bay, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page three of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 156 mm x 208 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/3

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

"Discovery" on shore - August 1876, Discovery Bay 81° 44’ N

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows the HMS Discovery, on the shore in 'Discovery' Bay, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page four of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 200 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/4

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

Discovery Bay, 81° 44’ N - winter quarters of "Discovery", September 1875. Dark part is the young ice uncovered by snow mixed with pieces of old ice

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows crew members of the HMS Discovery surveying the land around 'Discovery' Bay, Canada. The ship can be seen in middle background, surrounded by ice. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page five of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 207 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/5

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

"Discovery" winter quarters 81° 44’ N - a patch of ice frozen in with new ice

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows the HMS Discovery surrounded by the ice pack in 'Discovery' Bay, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page six of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 204 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/6

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

HMS Discovery and Skating Rink - Photographed the 21 Feb 1876

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows the HMS Discovery surrounded by the ice pack in 'Discovery' Bay, Canada on 21 February 1876. A frozen gap in the ice acts as a makeshift skating rink. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page seven of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 153 mm x 192 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/7

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

"Discovery" winter quarters, 1876 Spring - Latt. 81° 44’ N

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows the HMS Discovery surrounded by the ice pack in 'Discovery' Bay, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page eight of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 156 mm x 210 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/8

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

"Discovery" winter quarters 81° 44’ N - Spring 1876

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows the HMS Discovery surrounded by the ice pack in 'Discovery' Bay, Canada. Huts and a large tent are visible on the left. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page nine of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 156 mm x 205 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/9

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

"Discovery" winter quarters 81° 44’ N - Spring 1876

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows the HMS Discovery surrounded by the ice pack in 'Discovery' Bay, Canada. Surveying equipment can be seen to the left, behind the ship's bow. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 10 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 153 mm x 204 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/10

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

"Discovery" winter quarters, Spring 1876 - Lat 81° 44’ N, guide posts to observatory

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows the HMS Discovery surrounded by the ice pack in 'Discovery' Bay, Canada. Surveying equipment and a tent anchored in the snow with a long rope can be seen on the right. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 11 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 204 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/11

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

"Discovery" winter quarters, Spring 1876. Trodden path on the floe: "The Measured mile"

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows a view of 'Discovery' Bay, taken from the top of a snow-covered mountain. The HMS Discovery can be seen in the ice floe, in the middle distance. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 12 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 151 mm x 203 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/12

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

"Discovery" winter-quarters, Spring 1876, 81° 44’ N - Theatre Royal, heated air from lower deck escaping by galley funnel, appearing like steam

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell, titled' "Discovery" winter-quarters, Spring 1876, 81° 44’ N - Theatre Royal, heated air from lower deck escaping by galley funnel, appearing like steam'. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 13 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 146 mm x 195 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/13

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

"Discovery" winter quarters, 81° 44’ N, Spring 1876, temp - 64, Sun 1 above horizon

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows the full length of the HMS Discovery, trapped in the ice pack during the winter of 1876. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 14 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 205 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/14

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

"Discovery" 81° 44’ N

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows the stern of the HMS Discovery, including name plate, in the ice pack at 'Discovery' Bay. A long ruler measures the depth of the ice. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 15 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 200 mm x 155 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/15

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

Discovery Bay, 81° 44’ N, July 1876 - natural breakwater, Cape Lieber in distance, cairn of empty tins and post office

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows a cairn made out of empty tin cans, on the shore of 'Discovery' Bay. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 16 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 204 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/16

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

Discovery Bay, 81° 44’ N, July 1876 - natural breakwater, Cape Lieber in distance, cairn of empty tins and post office

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows a cairn made out of empty tin cans, on the shore of 'Discovery' Bay. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 17 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 204 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/17

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

Discovery Bay, 81° 44’ N, Cape Lieber in distance - esquimaux dogs. July 1876, natural breakwater

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows a cairn made out of empty tin cans, on the shore of 'Discovery' Bay. Sled dogs lay on the stony ground in the foreground. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 18 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 204 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/18

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

North entrance of Robeson Channel - Lat 82° 0’ N. Floe-bergs and northern pack ice

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image the ice pack at the north entrance to Robeson Channel, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 19 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 202 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/19

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

"Alert" winter-quarters, inside protecting line of floe-bergs, Latt. 82° 27’ N

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows the HMS Alert stuck in the ice pack in Cape Rawson, Canada, during the winter of 1876. A line in the negative emulsion extends from the bottom-right corner. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 20 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 156 mm x 204 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/20

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

"Alert" winter-quarters, 82° 27’ N, Cape Rawson

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows the HMS Alert stuck in the ice pack in Rawson Bay, Canada, during the winter of 1876. A crew member and sled dog walk through the snow in the foreground. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 21 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 207 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/21

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

Head of musk ox

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows the decapitated head of a musk ox resting in snow. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 22 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 199 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/22

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

"Alert" winter-quarters, 82° 27’ N - Heavy grounded in sea ice

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows the HMS Alert trapped in the ice pack during the winter of 1875-76. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 23 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 206 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/23

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

"Alert" winter-quarters, 82° 27’ N.Floe-bergs aground and northern pack

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows the HMS Alert trapped in the ice pack during the winter of 1875-76. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 24 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 202 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/24

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

"Alert" winter-quarters, floe berg beach, 82° 27’ N - Cape Rawson - north cape of Robeson Channel, northern pack with line of stranded sea ice

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows the HMS Alert (very small in middle distance) trapped in the ice pack at Cape Rawson, Canada, during the winter of 1875-76. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 25 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 198 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/25

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

"Alert" winter-quarters, Spring 1876, 82° 27’ N: stranded floe-berg turned bottom upwards, exposing the marks cut into it as it was forced on shore, similar to glacier scratchings

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows the HMS Alert trapped in the ice pack at Cape Rawson, Canada, in spring 1876. An unidentified crew member stands on the ice pack to the left. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 26 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 152 mm x 203 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/26

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

"Alert" winter-quarters, 82° 27’ N - keeling over at low water spring tides, chain cables to anchors buried on shore, June 1876, northern pack

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows the HMS Alert surrounded by the thawing ice pack at Cape Rawson, Canada, in June 1876. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 27 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 197 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/27

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

"Alert" 82° 27’ N. July - Northern pack blown offshore by heavy gale. Party on ice clearing passage through the barrier of floe bergs

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows netting from the HMS Alert, with ropes extending horizontally across top of photograph. In the middle distance a party of crew members work to clear a passage through floe bergs in Cape Rawson, Canada, June 1876. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 28 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 150 mm x 200 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/28

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

"Alert" winter-quarters, 82° 27’ N- a protecting floe-berg being broken in two by pressure - sea water ice

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows an iceberg splitting in two due to sea water ice pressure. Northern ice pack, Cape Rawson, Canada, July 1876. The tip of the HMS Alert's masts can be seen peeking over the top of be berg on the far right. Several cracks in emulsion of negative can be seen in the print. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 29 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 200 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/29

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

"Alert" winter-quarters, 82° 27’ N, a protecting floe-berg broken in two by cold temperature - sea water ice

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows an iceberg split in two in the northern ice pack, Cape Rawson, Canada, July 1876. A sled from the HMS Alert rests on the snow to the right. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 30 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 152 mm x 202 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/30

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

"Alert" winter-quarters, 82° 27’ N, floe-bergs and sea water ice

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows an iceberg within the northern ice pack at Cape Rawson, Canada, 1876. An unidentified crew member of the HMS Alert rests can be seen standing near the berg on the left. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 31 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 150 mm x 198 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/31

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

"Alert" winter-quarters, 82° 27’ N, floe-bergs aground protecting ship from northern pack

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows an iceberg within the northern ice pack at Cape Rawson, Canada, 1876. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 32 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 154 mm x 204 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/32

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

Greenland division of sledges ready to start, HMS "Discovery" 81° 44’ N. Lieutenant Beaumont, Dr Coppinger

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Group photograph of the 'Greenland Division' of the HMS Discovery, prior to trekking toward the North Pole. A Lieutenant Beaumont and Dr Cooper are named but not identified. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 33 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 195 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/33

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

H.M.S. "Discovery", 81° 44’ N - Western Division of sledges ready to start. Lieutenant Archer

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Group photograph of the 'Western Division' of the HMS Discovery, prior to trekking toward the North Pole. A Lieutenant Archer is named but not identified. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 34 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 154 mm x 200 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/34

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

H.M.S. "Discovery", 81° 44’ N - The men & officers left behind after sledges started: dog sledge preparing to start for "Alert"; mask on snow bank - a face protector, flung away

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows a group of nine crew members from the HMS Discovery, sitting in front of the ice-bound ship. Three sled dogs wait to start a journey toward the HMS Alert. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 35 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 196 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/35

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

"Discovery", 81° 44’ N, dog sledge laden with musk ox

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows a crew member of the HMS Discovery standing near a sled laden with musk ox pelts. Two sled dogs lay on the snow near the sled. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 36 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 154 mm x 202 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/36

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

30 foot snow slope at Cape Rawson 82° 26’ N, digging road for sledge, northern pack outside

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows a group of polar explorers digging a sledge road on the side of a snow slope at Cape Rawson, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 37 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 202 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/37

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

30 foot snow slope at Cape Rawson 82° 26’ N, hauling sledge to summit

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows a group of polar explorers pulling a sledge up a snow slope at Cape Rawson, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 38 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 202 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/38

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

Cape Union - main road between "Alert" & "Discovery" on top of ice foot, 30-40 feet above pack ice, Lat. 82° 20’ N

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows a group of polar explorers standing next to a sledge on the ice road between the HMS Alert and HMS Discovery at Cape Union. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 39 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 149 mm x 198 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/39

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

Cape Union - main road between "Alert" & "Discovery". Sledge lowered over ice foot on to floe beneath, finding the road not much improved

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows a group of three polar explorers standing next to a sledge in the shadow of an iceberg at Cape Union. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 40 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 151 mm x 189 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/40

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

Bivouac with dog sledge half way across Robeson Channel on a large paleocryptic floe: smooth surface, northern pack in distance, 82° 20’

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows a group of polar explorers setting up a temporary camp on the frozen Robeson Channel in Canada. Several sled dogs lay on the ice to the right of the photograph. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 41 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 198 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/41

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

Bivouac in 'Westword Ho' Valley - 82° 40’ N

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows a group of polar explorers setting up a temporary camp in the frozen Westward Ho! Valley, Ellesmere Island, Canada. Several sled dogs lay on the ice to the right of the photograph. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 42 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 155 mm x 201 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/42

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

'Westward Ho' Valley - 82° 40’ N

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows several sled dogs resting next to a sled on the ice in Westward Ho! Valley, Ellesmere Island, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 43 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 152 mm x 205 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/43

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

'Westward Ho' Valley - 82° 40’ N

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Landscape photograph of snow-covered Westward Ho! Valley, Ellesmere Island, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 44 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Measurements:: overall: 150 mm x 198 mm

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1981-27/2/44

type:: photograph albums

Part of:: 1981-27/2

Details

Parts

Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1.

Disco, Greenland

Disco, Greenland

Natives of Disco, Greenland

Hans (Polaris ice-drift) and family

Innuit family in Disco, Greenland

Greenland landscape

Prøven, Greenland

Prøven, Greenland

Egedesminde, Greenland

Egedesminde, Greenland

Egedesminde, Greenland

Arctic Highlanders, Cape York, Greenland (Bow of Discovery)

Payer Harbour, Cape Sabine - Remains of ice foot (78° 45’ N), 1st August 1875

Cape Victoria, Latt 79° 0’ N: "Alert" signalling "Discovery" 'Take care of iceberg'

HMS Discovery, Cape York

Franklin Pierce Bay: Lat 79° 30’ N. No water to the northward

Princess Marie Bay: Lat 79° 20’ N, "Alert" stopped

Franklin Pierce Bay, 79° 30’ N, no water north

HMS Alert, Franklin Pierce Bay, 79° 25’ N, walrus shoal (extreme northern point of migration of walrus)

Franklin Pierce Bay, 79° 30’ N, no water northward

Franklin Pierce Bay, 79° 30’ N

Franklin Pierce Bay, 79° 30’ N

Franklin Pierce Bay, 79° 30’ N. Open water northward

Washington Irving or Sphinx Island, Dobbin Bay, 79° 35’ N

Washington Irving or Sphinx Island, 79° 35’ N

"Discovery" Dobbin Bay, 79° 35’ N

"Discovery" Dobbin Bay, 79° 35’ N

Dobbin Bay, 79° 35’ N - "Alert" cutting a dock

Dobbin Bay, 79° 35’ N - "Alert" cutting into Dock

Dobbin Bay, 79° 35’ N - Cutting a dock

Cape Prescott, Dobbin Bay, 79° 35’ N - no water to northward, ships in dock

Dobbin Bay, 79° 35’ N, Cape Prescott

Dobbin Bay, 79° 35’ N, Empress Eugénie Glacier in distance

Dobbin Bay, 79° 35’ N, Prince Imperial Island

Dobbin Bay, 79° 35’ N (Dark part is young ice - one part over running the other)

79° 40’ N

79° 40’ N

79° 40’ N

79° 40’ N

Dobbin Bay, 79° 35’ N, Cape Prescott

"Alert" stopped off Cape Fraser, 79° 45’ N - no shelter, ships obliged to separate

Cape Fraser in distance - Cape Collinson, 80° 10’ N

Disco, Greenland with HMS Valorous and Discovery

Egedesminde, Greenland

Cape Norton Shaw, 80° 10’ N - Lieutenant Wyatt Rawson practising dog whip

Rawlins Bay, 80° 20’ N - Icefoot, August, low water, small floe-berg aground

Rawlins Bay, 80° 20’ N - small floe-bergs aground, low water

"Alert" winter-quarters, 82° 27’ N, floe-bergs aground protecting ship from northern pack

Radmore Harbour, Rawlins Bay 80° 20’ N - "Alert" forced on shore at high water. Low water-ice aground

80° 20’ N - Icebergs and heavy floes

Rubble ice late in Summer - Robeson Channel 82° 0’ N

Rubble ice late in Summer - Robeson Channel 82° 0’ N

Alert nipped between grounded floe-berg and the shore, Cape Beechey, 81° 45’ N

Floeberg aground outside "Alert" - 3 days cutting it down to lighten it before it floated away, Cape Beachey, 81° 45’ N

Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2.

Cape Beechey, 81° 44’ N - Floe-bergs aground outside "Alert" - heavy northern pack drifting past with strong wind.

"Alert" stopped in Lincoln Bay, 82° 0’ N, floeberg aground in 12 fathoms

"Discovery" Bay 81° 44’ N: "Dicovery" preparing for sea, August 1876

"Discovery" on shore - August 1876, Discovery Bay 81° 44’ N

Discovery Bay, 81° 44’ N - winter quarters of "Discovery", September 1875. Dark part is the young ice uncovered by snow mixed with pieces of old ice

"Discovery" winter quarters 81° 44’ N - a patch of ice frozen in with new ice

HMS Discovery and Skating Rink - Photographed the 21 Feb 1876

"Discovery" winter quarters, 1876 Spring - Latt. 81° 44’ N

"Discovery" winter quarters 81° 44’ N - Spring 1876

"Discovery" winter quarters 81° 44’ N - Spring 1876

"Discovery" winter quarters, Spring 1876 - Lat 81° 44’ N, guide posts to observatory

"Discovery" winter quarters, Spring 1876. Trodden path on the floe: "The Measured mile"

"Discovery" winter-quarters, Spring 1876, 81° 44’ N - Theatre Royal, heated air from lower deck escaping by galley funnel, appearing like steam

"Discovery" winter quarters, 81° 44’ N, Spring 1876, temp - 64, Sun 1 above horizon

"Discovery" 81° 44’ N

Discovery Bay, 81° 44’ N, July 1876 - natural breakwater, Cape Lieber in distance, cairn of empty tins and post office

Discovery Bay, 81° 44’ N, July 1876 - natural breakwater, Cape Lieber in distance, cairn of empty tins and post office

Discovery Bay, 81° 44’ N, Cape Lieber in distance - esquimaux dogs. July 1876, natural breakwater

North entrance of Robeson Channel - Lat 82° 0’ N. Floe-bergs and northern pack ice

"Alert" winter-quarters, inside protecting line of floe-bergs, Latt. 82° 27’ N

"Alert" winter-quarters, 82° 27’ N, Cape Rawson