Lat 78 51' N. Alexandra Haven. The two ships at anchor, 4 Aug. 1875, on their way up Hayes Sound. Capes Camperdown and Albert in the distance. Photographer: Mitchell, Thomas
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Genre: Landscape Photography View across the sound towards 'Alert' and 'Discovery' at anchor. Both vessels are blurred from having swung on their moorings during the exposure.
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 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.