Glacier Collection

Precariously perched Studebaker Six - Yosemite
On June 10, 1916 photographer Arthur Clarence Pillsbury broke the driving time record from Oakland to Yosemite in his new Studebaker Six

Dorothy Pilley, English climber in Glacier National Park
Dorothy Pilley Richards (1894 - 1986) was a prominent female mountaineer. She began climbing in Wales and joined the Fell and Rock Climbing Club

Scott Polar Expedition 1910 - 1912 - Beardmore Glacier
Photograph taken by Captain Scott during the ill-fated polar expedition to the South Pole in 1910 - 1912, showing tents pitched on the way up the Beardmore Glacier

Chamonix, France - Crossing the Bossons Glacier circa 1910s

How Captain Scott is attacking the South Pole
Double page spread from The Sphere, showing a map of Antarctica along with the route of Captain Scott and his team of ponies, dogs and men in their attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole

Scott Polar Expedition - point of the Barne Glacier
A huge cliff of ice passed by the Terra Nova when she arrived at McMurdo Sound during the Scott Polar Expedition, 1910 - 1912. Date: 1913

The Highway to the South - Scott expedition
The magnificent entrance to the Beardmore Glacier showing the snow slope leading up to the two massive granite pillars through which Captain Scott passed with his men

Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway at the Great Asulkan Glacier in the Canadian Rockies. The Glacier Hotel is beside the railway

Crossing the Mer de Glace glacier near Chamonix, French Alps
19th century vintage photograph: Crossing the Mer de Glace glacier near Chamonix in the French Alps

Garden at Cadenabbia, Lake Como, Lombardy, Italy
Cadenabbia is a small community in Lombardy, Italy, in the province of Como, on the west shore of Lake Como. Lake Como is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy

Mont Blanc, the chain from La Flegere, Chamonix Valley, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Mont Blanc, the chain from La Flegere, Chamonix Valley, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Franz Josef Fjord and Peterman Mountain, Greenland
View of the Franz Josef Fjord (named after the Emperor who helped to fund an expedition there) and the Peterman Mountain, with glacier, in north eastern Greenland

Mountain climbing in snow, Mont Blanc, Alps
Vintage 19th century photograph - climbing Mont Blanc, Alps

Bossons Glacier, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie
Bossons Glacier, Chamonix, near Aiguille du Midi, Haute-Savoie, France. Date: 1930s

Switzerland - Grindelwald. On the Eismeer
Coloured lantern slide of a view of the Eismeer Lower Grindelwald Glacier, the western of the two in the valley of Grindelwald. There are two explorer figures at the bottom of the glacier

Ascent Mont Blanc - 1
THE ASCENT OF MONT BLANC On the glacier de Sacconay, Tissay, the chief guide, is hauled to safety after a break in the ice nearly sends him plunging into a crevasse

The Great Glacier, British Columbia, Canada, early 1900s Date: early 1900s

Glacier - Mount Sir Donald - Canada early 1900s

Climbing the Bossons Glacier, Mont Blanc, Victorian period

On the Upper Glacier, Grindelwald, Switzerland, Victorian period

Cutting an Ice Grotto, Glacier, Grindelwald, Switzerland, Victorian period

On the Eiger Glacier, Switzerland, Victorian period

A porter on a glacier, Grindelwald, Switzerland, Victorian period

Climbers and a crevasse

A crevasse, Rhone Glacier, Furka Pass, Alps

Crossing the Rhone Glacier in the Furka Pass, Victorian period, hand coloured photo

Mer de Glace, Mont Blanc

Mer de Glace, Mont Blanc, France, Victorian period

Boiums Glacier, Norway

Boiums Glacier, Norway - early 1900s

Blackfeet Indians, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA - early 1900s

Tourists and guides on the Mer de Glace, France, Victorian period

Mer de Glace Glacier, French Alps, Victorian period

Crossing a crevasse, Mont Blanc, Victorian period

Corner Glacier, Zermatt, Switzerland, Victorian period

Mont Blanc from Le Jardin, Victorian period

Sledging on the Beardmore Glacier

Husky sled dog team on the Jungfraujoch, Switzerland
Husky sled dog team on the Jungfraujoch ('maiden saddle'), a saddle connecting two major peaks of the Bernese Alps: the Jungfrau and the Monch

Photograph of the Hardanger Glacier, with two men on skis viewing the scene. Captioned, A Chain of Ice-Hills: A Future Haunt of the Winter Sports Enthusiast'

Photograph of two men, crossing Bitter Creek Glacier, British Columbia, Canada. Captioned, A River of Blue Ice: the chilly pathway to one of nature's treasuries'

Swiss Alps: mountain peak with glacier Date: circa 1935

The Furka Oberalp Railway - Rhone Glacier
The Furka Oberalp Railway (Furka Oberalp Bahn), a narrow gauge mountain railway in Switzerland - pictured here passing the Rhone Glacier (Rhonegletscher). Date: circa 1920s

Vintage 19th century photograph: glacier, Grindelwald, Switzerland, Swiss Alps

Vintage 19th century photograph - horse and carriage on the road at Ampezzo, with the lake Durrensee and mount Cristallo in the background, Italian Dolomites, mountains

Vintage late 19th century photograph - village of Zermatt and Mont Cervin Palace Hotel, Switzerland, Alps

Vintage late 19th century photograph - Jungfrau, Eiger, Monch, mountains in Switzerland

Vintage late 19th century photograph - Laurebrunnen and the Staubbach Waterfall, Swiss Alps, Switzerland

Mer de Glace, glacier, Chamonix, France, Alps
19th century vintage photograph: Mer de Glace, glacier, Chamonix, France, Alps. Mont Blanc. c.1880

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