Lat. 81 44' N. Discovery Harbour from the hills. Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
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Inscription: Signed 'Mitchell No. 50' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View towards the icebound harbour. Signed 'Mitchell No. 50' in the negative.
Lat. 81 44' N. The 'Discovery's' tide guage. [Discovery Harbour, Ellesmere Island.] Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
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Inscription: Signed and inscribed in the negative: 'The tide guage T. Mitchell No. [?]50.' Genre: Historical Events Close view of the tide guage projecting from a hole in the ice behind the stern of 'Discovery.'
The head of a musk-ox. Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
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Genre: Historical Events Head of a slaughtered musk-ox lying in the snow. The description of the hunting and killing of the animal, near St Patrick's Bay during a march between Cape Beechey and Discovery Bay, can be found in G. S. Nares, 'Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea...' (2 vols., Lon...
Lat. 82 34' N. View in Westward Ho! Valley, showing snow banks and glaciers. Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
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Genre: Landscape Photography View along the valley, with a sledge and resting dogs in the foreground: '11th May [1876]…I have…started off Captain Feilden with Mr Egerton, Frederick and James Self and six dogs, for an excursion amongst the United States Range of hills. Mr. Mitchell accompanies t...
Lat. 81 44' N. The Lady Franklin Strait party, on their departure to explore that inlet. [Discovery Harbour, Ellesmere Island.] Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
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Inscription: Inscribed in the negative: 'No. 55 The Western Exploring Party.' Genre: Portrait Photography Sledge party posed on the ice.
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
Lat. 82 N. Sledge journey between the 'Discovery' and the 'Alert.' The party lunching on the floe under the ice wall at the southern cape of Wrangle [Wrangel] Bay, April 1876. Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
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Inscription: Signed 'T. M. No. 50' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography
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
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Inscription: Signed 'T. M.' in the negative. Similar to prints 68-69.