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Collection Area Map Collections Material Type Photographs

1891. Maps 20.c.13(64)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 20.c.13(64)
Title:
Lat. 81 44' N. The Lady Franklin Strait party, on their departure to explore that inlet. [Discovery Harbour, Ellesmere Island.] Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in the negative: 'No. 55 The Western Exploring Party.' Genre: Portrait Photography Sledge party posed on the ice.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1876
Extent:
1 item

1892. Maps 20.c.13(65)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 20.c.13(65)
Title:
Lat. 81 44' N. The people who did not leave the ship in the early spring sledging season. A discarded face protector on snow bank. [Discovery Harbour, Ellesmere Island.] Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'T. M. No. 49' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography Group posed beside 'Discovery.'
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1876
Extent:
1 item

1893. Maps 20.c.13(66)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 20.c.13(66)
Title:
Lat. 81 44' N. Seam of coal, 25 feet thick, near the 'Discovery's' winter quarters. The smooth face of the rock is pure coal. [Discovery Harbour, Ellesmere Island.] Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'T. M. No. 62' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography Faded print.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1876
Extent:
1 item

1894. Maps 20.c.13(67)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 20.c.13(67)
Title:
Lat. 81 44' N. Winter quarters H.M.S. 'Discovery.' The ice broken up and the ship ready for sea, Aug. 1876. [Discovery Harbour, Ellesmere Island.] Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View looking across the bay towards 'Discovery,' the ship surrounded by broken and melting ice floes. Also reproduced in woodburytype in G. S. Nares, 'Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6' (2 vols., London, 1878), vol. 2, p. 141.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1876
Extent:
1 item

1895. Maps 20.c.13(68)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 20.c.13(68)
Title:
Lat. 81 44' N. The post office cairn at the 'Discovery's' winter quarters, Aug. 1876. Cape Baird in distance. [Discovery Harbour, Ellesmere Island.] Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'T. M.' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View looking out across the bay, with the cairn on the shore in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1876
Extent:
1 item

1896. Maps 20.c.13(69)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 20.c.13(69)
Title:
Lat. 81 44' N. 'Discovery's' winter quarters, Aug. 1876. The breakwater spit protecting the bay from the pack ice. [Discovery Harbour, Ellesmere Island.] Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Similar to print 68.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1876
Extent:
1 item

1897. Maps 20.c.13(70)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 20.c.13(70)
Title:
Lat. 81 44' N. The post office cairn at the 'Discovery's' winter quarters, Aug. 1876. Built with the used up preserved meat tins. [Discovery Harbour, Ellesmere Island.] Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'T. M.' in the negative. Similar to prints 68-69.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1876
Extent:
1 item

1898. Maps 20.c.13(71)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 20.c.13(71)
Title:
Lat. 81 44' N. The 'Discovery' on shore in Discovery Bay, 18th Aug. 1876. Ice left aground by the falling tide. Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Starboard quarter view of 'Discovery' heeled over on the shoreline.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
18 Aug 1876
Extent:
1 item

1899. Maps 20.c.13(72)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 20.c.13(72)
Title:
Lat. 81 48' N. At Cape Beechey. 'Alert' nipped, Aug. 1876. Photographer: White, George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Starboard quarter view of 'Alert' held in the ice. Also reproduced in woodburytype in G. S. Nares, 'Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6' (2 vols., London, 1878), vol. 2, p. 129.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1876
Extent:
1 item

1900. Maps 20.c.13(73)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 20.c.13(73)
Title:
Lat. 81 48' N. At Cape Beechey. The nip. Cutting away the top of a grounded floe-berg to enable it to float away and release the ship, Aug. 1876. Photographer: White, George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View of party at work on the ice beside 'Alert.'
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1876
Extent:
1 item