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211. Maps 20.c.13(56)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 20.c.13(56)
Title:
Lat. 81 44' N. Winter quarters H.M.S. 'Discovery.' View facing the south a week before the sun rose. The theatre, smithy, and skating rink, Feb. 1876. [Discovery Harbour, Ellesmere Island.] Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'T. Mitchell No. 47,' and also inscribed in the negative, 'H.M.S. Discovery and skating rink photographed the 21 Feby 1876 Temp -46 Sun rose the 28th Feby.' Genre: Historical Events View looking across the ice towards the ship.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
21 Feb 1876
Extent:
1 item

212. Maps 20.c.13(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 20.c.13(57)
Title:
Lat. 81 44' N. Winter quarters H.M.S. 'Discovery.' Photographed at the temperature of minus 64 degrees, March 1876. [Discovery Harbour, Ellesmere Island.] Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and inscribed in the negative: 'Mitchell H.M.S. Discovery - 4th Mch 1876 Photographed at temperature of -64.' Genre: Historical Events Port beam view of 'Discovery' in the ice, very faded.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
4 Mar 1876
Extent:
1 item

213. Maps 20.c.13(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 20.c.13(58)
Title:
Lat. 81 44' N. Winter quarters H.M.S. 'Discovery.' From the hills abreast the ship. A bird's eye view of the harbour and the mile. [Discovery Harbour, Ellesmere Island.] Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'T. M. No. 57' in the negative. Genre: Historical Events View looking down onto the bay, with a distant view of 'Discovery' held in the ice.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1876
Extent:
1 item

214. Maps 20.c.13(61)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 20.c.13(61)
Title:
Lat. 81 44' N. Winter quarters H.M.S. 'Discovery.' Snow guiding pillars in use during the winter. [Discovery Harbour, Ellesmere Island.] Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'No. 51. T. Mitchell' in the negative. Genre: Historical Events Distant view of 'Discovery,' with a line of pillars leading across the ice from the ship to the shore. With tents on the shore in the foreground. Also reproduced in woodburytype in G. S. Nares, 'Narrative of a ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1876
Extent:
1 item

215. Maps 20.c.13(62)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 20.c.13(62)
Title:
Lat. 81 44' N. Winter quarters H.M.S. 'Discovery.' The smithy and theatre. [Discovery Harbour, Ellesmere Island.] Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'T. Mitchell No. 53 2---.' in the negative. Genre: Historical Events Port quarter view of 'Discovery' in the ice, with buildings of the shore depot in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1876
Extent:
1 item

216. Maps 20.c.13(65)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 20.c.13(65)
Title:
Lat. 81 44' N. The people who did not leave the ship in the early spring sledging season. A discarded face protector on snow bank. [Discovery Harbour, Ellesmere Island.] Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'T. M. No. 49' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography Group posed beside 'Discovery.'
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1876
Extent:
1 item

217. Maps 20.c.13(67)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 20.c.13(67)
Title:
Lat. 81 44' N. Winter quarters H.M.S. 'Discovery.' The ice broken up and the ship ready for sea, Aug. 1876. [Discovery Harbour, Ellesmere Island.] Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View looking across the bay towards 'Discovery,' the ship surrounded by broken and melting ice floes. 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. 141.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1876
Extent:
1 item

218. Maps 20.c.13(71)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 20.c.13(71)
Title:
Lat. 81 44' N. The 'Discovery' on shore in Discovery Bay, 18th Aug. 1876. Ice left aground by the falling tide. Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Starboard quarter view of 'Discovery' heeled over on the shoreline.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
18 Aug 1876
Extent:
1 item

219. Maps 20.c.13(72)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 20.c.13(72)
Title:
Lat. 81 48' N. At Cape Beechey. 'Alert' nipped, Aug. 1876. Photographer: White, George
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1876
Extent:
1 item

220. Maps 20.c.13(73)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps 20.c.13(73)
Title:
Lat. 81 48' N. At Cape Beechey. The nip. Cutting away the top of a grounded floe-berg to enable it to float away and release the ship, Aug. 1876. Photographer: White, George
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View of party at work on the ice beside 'Alert.'
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1876
Extent:
1 item

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