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..
Lat. 79 39' N. The 'Discovery' cutting a dock in Dobbin Bay. Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
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Inscription: Dated '13.8.75' in the negative. Genre: Historical Events Showing 'Discovery' held in the ice, with figures at work on the floes in the foreground.