Floes Collection

Crossing Northumberland Strait by Ice Boat. These boats were operated in the Northumberland Strait during the 19th century and early 20th century

Bright arc of light over icebergs and ice floes in Baffin Bay, Canada. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World

Polar exploration expedition. early 19th century

Polar Bears in Alaska, USA. Date: circa 1930s

Large span iron bridge over the Songhua River, China
Large span iron bridge over the frozen Songhua River (Sungari River) in northeast China, - the largest tributary of the Heilong River

Russia - ice floes. River Lena, Siberia, Russia

Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914 -1917
The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: how and whence the expedition proposes to start. Showing the proposed methods of transport from the Weddell Sea Base to the South Pole. Date: 1914

Polar Bear Hunting in Alaska, USA Date: circa 1910s

Shooting seabirds - Newfoundland
Hunting (Shooting) seabirds amongst the Arctic Ice Floes of Newfoundland, Canada. Date: 1907

Newland area - Siberian Ocean, Russia Date: circa 1910s

Nipped in the Ice while whaling
American Whalers Crushed in the Ice. Date: ca. 1880

American Whalers Crushed in the Ice. Burning the wrecks to avoid danger to other vessels. Date: ca. 1872

SS Bloodhound towed to shore - Newfoundland
SS Bloodhound with a broken shaft, being towed to port by SS Diana - Newfoundland and Labrador Date: 1910

Nimrod and Floes
Shackletons ship Nimrod pushes through floes on her way to King Edward VII island. Date: circa 1907

Ice Floes Antarctic
Shackletons ship Nimrod pushes through heavy floes in the Ross Sea. The dark line on the horizon is a water- sky and indicates the existence of the open sea. Date: circa 1907

St. Johns - Newfoundland - Icebergs and Arctic Ice Floes in the Narrows Date: circa 1910s

Winter lake with mountains
A view toward a snow-capped peak across a cold wintery lake. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Duke of Abruzzi and Ship Stella Polari
Duke of Abruzzi and Arctic Exploration Ship Stella Polari - card produced in memory of the Festivities - 27th January 1901

Winter lake with mountains with Snowy Owl
A view toward a snow-capped peak across a cold wintery lake. A snowy Owl has been added to th border framing the scene. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Franklin / Trent in Floes
Lieutenant John Franklin on his first expedition: the Trent among ice floes which halted their expedition, although they did bring back some valuable charts

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

Fishing / Norway / Dangers
The variety of fishing styles in the Norwegian Sea, from ship-based catches to the dangers of fishing while balanced on floes of ice!

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

Ice Floes Breaking
Icefloes breaking up

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