Lat. [8]2 27' N. An old floe-berg with upper surface melted since being forced on shore [winter quarters of H.M.S. 'Alert']. Photographer: White, George
Lat. 82 25' N. Sledge party rounding Cape Rawson on top of ice foot, piled up 30 feet above the level ice against the shore. Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
Lat. 82 27' N. Section of a floe-berg showing the snow and fresh water ice overlying the salt water ice [winter quarters of H.M.S. 'Alert']. Photographer: White, George
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Genre: Landscape Photography Close view of a dug-out section of ice, with aspade placed against ice to indicate scale.
Lat. 82 27' N. Winter quarters of the 'Alert.' Old ice scratched by contact with the sea bottom, then turned over by pressure. Photographer: White, George
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Genre: Historical Events Port view of the 'Alert' held fast in the ice, with discoloured ice in foreground.
Lat. 82 27' N. Winter quarters of the 'Alert,' looking N.W. Photographer: White, George
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Genre: Historical Events Distant view of the 'Alert' held fast in the ice in Floeberg Beach. Also reproduced in woodburytype in G. S. Nares, 'Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6' (2 vols., London, 1878), vol. 1, frontis.
Lat. 82 27' N. Winter quarters of the 'Alert,' looking S.E. towards Cape Rawson. The line of floe-bergs and smooth ice inside of them. Photographer: White, George
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Genre: Historical Events A very distant view of the 'Alert' held fast in the ice.