Lat. 81 48' N. At Cape Beechey. 'Alert' nipped, Aug. 1876. Photographer: White, George
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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.
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...