Lat 79 23' N. In Franklin Pearce [Pierce] Bay. On the evening of the 8th Aug. 1875. To the left of Cape Harrison is part of Cape Victoria. One season's ice, very rotten. Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
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Genre: Landscape Photography View from the deck of one of the expedition ships, looking across the ice floes towards (?)'Alert.'
Lat. 79 23' N. Looking towards the head of Franklin Pearce [Pierce] Bay, 8th Aug. 1875. Water pools on the floe frozen over. Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
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Genre: Landscape Photography View from ship looking across the ice floes towards the head of the bay.
Lat. 79 25' N. Fast to the floe under Cape Prescott, Franklin Pearce [Pierce] Bay, 9th Aug. 1875, having arrived at the north end of water channel. Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
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Genre: Historical Events View of 'Alert' at the edge of the ice-field. Also repoduced in woodburytype in G.S. Nares, 'Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6' (2 vols., London, 1878), vol. 1, p. 84.
Lat. 79 25' N. Fast to the floe in Franklin Pearce [Pierce] Bay, Cape Prescott, 9th Aug. 1875. Waiting for the ice to open a water channel. Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
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Genre: Historical Events View of 'Alert' and 'Discovery' at the edge of the ice-field.
Lat. 79 25' N. Fast to the floe under Cape Prescott, Franklin Pearce [Pierce] Bay, 9th Aug. 1875. Waiting to proceed north. Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
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Genre: Historical Events View of 'Alert' and 'Discovery' at the edge of the ice-field, with cliffs in the background..