Arctic Collection (page 13)

Marine Life / Whaling
Whaling in the Arctic

Whaling / Sir John Ross
Sir John Ross on his first expedition: a whale hunt in Melville Bay. Date: 1818

Erebus and Terror in search of the Northwest Passage
Scene from Sir John Franklins Canadian Arctic exploration, showing the Erebus and Terror in their attempt to navigate the Northwest Passage. Sadly, both ships and crew were lost

De Long / Sledge Party
George De Long (USA), in his ship Jeanette, proved that the Arctic Sea ice is moved by ocean currents. Sledge party at noonday rest

Ross / Return of Arcticsun
The return of the sun to the Arctic regions during the voyage of Ross to find Franklin. The crew leave their ships, Enterprise & Investigator, to enjoy the full effect

Ross / Magnetic Pole
John Rosss arctic expedition: Ross planting the British Standard on the true position of the Magnetic Pole

Ross / Ikmalick / Apelagliu
John Rosss arctic expedition: Two native Eskimos, Ikmalick and Apelagliu give directions to Ross, at Boothia Felix, for his forthcoming expedition

Ross / Boothian Cottages
John Rosss arctic expedition: Snow cottages of the Boothians, North Hendon

Ross / Felix Harbour
John Rosss arctic expedition: the first contact with the native Eskimos of Felix Harbour or Boothia Felix

Sir John Ross / Arctic Exp
SIR JOHN ROSS Arctic navigator, with an icy scene below

Orleans / Lpr / Postcard 90
LOUIS-PHILIPPE-ROBERT DUC D ORLEANS Pretender to the French throne; scientist and explorer in the Arctic and East Africa

Russian Explorer Bodies
Norwegian sailors find the bodies of Russian explorers in the Arctic Circle

Mcclintock (Photo)
SIR FRANCIS LEOPOLD McCLINTOCK explorer, notably in the Arctic

Louis Noros, Explorer
LOUIS NOROS American explorer in the Arctic with DeLong, a member of the party which survived with Nindemann after the Jeannette was crushed

Norway / Cartoon View 1919
" The English have a lot, to be sure, but we Norwegians have more ice!"

Arctic Canoe / Kayak
Canoe - known as kayak - used by Eskimo hunters and fishermen

Lundborg Crashes
Swedish aviator Lundborg, who previously distinguished him- self in the rescue of Italian aviator Nobile, crashes again in the Arctic, but luckily, not fatally

Ross / Andrewross Island
Andrewross Island, during John Rosss Arctic expedition

Dog Sleigh in Arctic
A dog-team draw a sledge across ice-floes in the Arctic

Eric the Red / Greenland
Eric the Red (father of Leif Eriksson - who landed in North America circa 1000) reaches Greenland

Naddod Discovers Iceland
Viking explorer Naddod discovers Iceland

Chasing Bow-Head Whale
The chase of the bow-head whale

Narwhals on the Shore
NARWHAL - MONODON MONOCEROS A rare Arctic whale known also as a sea unicorn because of its exceptionally long tooth

ROOSEVELT STEAMSHIP
Steamship used by Peary for his Arctic expedition

Thames Frozen 1854
Though not completely frozen over, the river below London Bridge is strewn with ice- floes as though this was the Arctic !

Arctic Fox (Bewick)
canis lopogus

Icebergs in 1814
A sailing ship among icebergs in the Arctic

Ellsworth / Northrop
Lincoln Ellsworth, American aviator, and his Northrop: he specialised in flights over the Arctic

Nautical / Navigation
Look-out man from the crow s- nest during Wordenskjolds Arctic expedition

Harpooning Whales / Arctic
Harpooning whales in the Arctic

Robert Edwin Peary, American explorer
Robert Edwin Peary (1856-1920), American explorer who claimed to have been the first to reach the North Pole in 1909. Though this was accepted for a long time, it is now disputed

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