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American occupation of Iceland by G. H. DavisThe USA in European waters: American occupation of Iceland during the Second World War. A detailed relief map of Iceland, its fjords and mountains, showing distances from America
Poster advertising Blue Star Line summer cruises to Norway, northern capitals and the land of the midnight sun. Depicting a typical couple in Scandinavian costume. Date: circa 1930s
An aeroplane in the ArcticAn aeroplane flying above a British camp in the Arctic. Date: 1928
Follow the Man from Cooks by Ethel ParkinsonA friendly penguin, who is relatively gigantic compared to his human companions, takes them on a tour around his glacier, almost as if he has been employed by tour operator, Thomas Cook! Date: c.1920
Parker SnowPARKER SNOW ships captain, commander of a contemplated expedition to the Arctic regions. Date: 1817 - 1895
William Scoresby 1760=WILLIAM SCORESBY Explorer in the Arctic Date: 1760 - 1829
Rudolf SamoilovichRUDOLF LAZAROVICH SAMOILOVICH Russian explorer in the Arctic, with the ice-breaker Krassin. Date: CIRCA 1930
Sir John RossSir JOHN ROSS Arctic explorer Date: 1777 - 1856
Sir John Ross PhotoSir JOHN ROSS Arctic explorer, photographed in old age. Date: 1777 - 1856
PEARY 1898ROBERT EDWIN PEARY American explorer in the Arctic whose claims are still in question. Date: 1856 - 1920
Peary PhotoROBERT EDWIN PEARY American explorer in the Arctic whose claims are still in question. Date: 1856 - 1920
William Edward Parry - 2WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY British naval commander, explorer of the Arctic - led an expedition there 1819-1820 - with a view of his vessels amid the ice. Date: 1790 - 1850
William Edward Parry - 3WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY British naval commander, explorer of the Arctic - led an expedition there 1819-1820 Date: 1790 - 1850
William Edward Parry - 5WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY British naval commander, explorer of the Arctic - led an expedition there 1819-1820 Date: 1790 - 1850
William Edward Parry - 4WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY British naval commander, explorer of the Arctic - led an expedition there 1819-1820 Date: 1790 - 1850
William Edward Parry - 1WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY British naval commander, explorer of the Arctic - led an expedition there 1819-1820. Date: 1790 - 1850
Umberto Nobile 1926UMBERTO NOBILE Italian aviator with many notable feats including Arctic flights. We have several pictures of his activities. Date: 1885 - 1978
Fridtjof Nansen PhotoFRIDTJOF NANSEN Norwegian Arctic explorer Date: 1861 - 1930
Constantine Mulgrave - 1CONSTANTINE JOHN PHIPPS, second baron MULGRAVE Naval officer and arctic explorer, author of Journal of a Voyage to the North Pole. Date: 1744 - 1792
Constantine Mulgrave - 2CONSTANTINE JOHN PHIPPS, second baron MULGRAVE Naval officer and arctic explorer, author of Journal of a Voyage to the North Pole. Date: 1744 - 1792
Albert Hastings MarkhamSir ALBERT HASTINGS MARKHAM British naval officer, traveller and explorer in south America, the Arctic etc cousin of Clements Markham. Date: 1841 - 1918
Robert McClure - 2Sir ROBERT JOHN LE MESURIER MCCLURE (or M Clure) naval officer, explorer in the Arctic, discoverer of the Northwest Passage. Date: 1807 - 1873
Robert McClure - 3Sir ROBERT JOHN LE MESURIER MCCLURE (or M Clure) naval officer, explorer in the Arctic, discoverer of the Northwest Passage. Date: 1807 - 1873
Leopold McClintockSIR FRANCIS LEOPOLD McCLINTOCK (or M Clintock) naval officer, explorer in the Arctic Date: 1819 - 1907
Robert McClure - 1Sir ROBERT JOHN LE MESURIER MCCLURE (or M Clure) naval officer, explorer in the Arctic, discoverer of the Northwest Passage. Date: 1807 - 1873
Fred. George JacksonSir FREDERICK GEORGE JACKSON Explorer in the Arctic, with two of his bear-dogs, Nimrod and Raving. Date: 1860 - 1938
Inuit - Family by their Summer Residence Date: circa 1910s
Inuit - Mother and Children on the Polar Ice by their tent, with block ice entrance. Date: circa 1910s
Inuit woman preparing fish and water rats - Alaska, USA. Date: circa 1928
Christian Missionary travelling by Alaskan Reindeer sledChristian Missionary being transported by Alaskan Reindeer sled. Date: circa 1909
Alaskan Eskimo Girl and her younger Brother - Alaska, USA Date: circa 1909
Eskimo in his Kayak - Covered in sealion skin - Alaska, USA Date: circa 1909
Church and Mission house close to the Pole - Alaska, USAChurch and Mission house close to the North Pole - Marys Igloo, Alaska, USA Date: circa 1909
Alaskan Eskimo and his reindeer - Alaska, USA. Date: circa 1909
Travelling Christian Missionary and his sled - Alaska, USA Date: circa 1909
Russian Polar Explorer - Ernst Teodorovich KrenkelA superb portrait of Ernst Teodorovich Krenkel (1903-1971) - a Soviet Arctic explorer, radio operator, doctor of geographical sciences (1938)
Eskimo couple with skin boat - Alaska, USA. The boat has been upturned (for repair?) with a long fishing spear, two caught salmon and a paddle resting alongside. Date: circa 1910s
Steamer Hans Egede at Uummannaq, GreenlandThe Steamer Hans Egede at Uummannaq - Qsuitsup, Greenland Date: circa 1910s
Arctic Yager, by John James AudubonArctic Yager, Lestris Parasitica, by John James Audubon (1785-1851). A colour plate in The Birds of America: From Original Drawings. Date: 1827-1838
Orville Wright, Vilhjalmur StefanssonFrom left: Orville Wright, Vilhjalmur Stefansson (the Arctic explorer), Katharine Wright and Oswald Short at the Wrights house in Dayton, Ohio. 1922. Date: 1922
Armstrong Whitworth Seaslug ship-toA technician inspects an Armstrong Whitworth Seaslug ship-to-air missile after it has undergone testing at arctic temperatures in the companys climatic chamber. November 1959. Date: 1959
Ursus maritimus, Polar bearPart of the collection amassed by Walter Rothschild in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. On display at the Natural History Museum at Tring
Copper massThis copper block was discovered by Samuel Hearne in the Arctic Circle in 1771. He carried it for a year before presenting it to the Hudsons Bay Company
Whaling boatsA photograph from A Cruise in the Arctic (1888) by Livingstone-Learmonth
Lepus timidus, Mustela erminea and Mustela nivalisArctic hare, ermine and least weasel. Mountain hare, stoat and weasel. Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c
Sterna paradisaea, Arctic ternPlate 72 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Lepus timidus, Arctic harePlate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Stercorarius parasiticus, parasitic jaegerPlate 272 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London