Polar Collection (page 10)

Russia - rocks in tundra on a mountain plateau. South Tuva

Russia - tundra and semi-tundra on a mountain plateau. South Tuva

Hoofs of a domestic reindeer. reindeer of Selkup people (Northern minority) living near river Taz; early spring; North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia

Dry grasses in sunrise over frozen river Hudosey, a tributary of river Taz, and taiga-forest; above the Polar Circle. midwinter; North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia

Selkup minority of the Siberian North, a Russian hunter (centre) is next to a family in front of their traditional tepee. spring; forest near river Taz, North Tumen region, Siberia

Selkup Man (North Siberia minority) shows his wooden hand-made skies (covered with moose-skin to prevent sliding back). early spring, taiga-forest; North Tumen region, Russia

Hunter with shot wild goose (Bean goose) (Anser fabalis (Latham.)). early spring in semi-tundra near river Taz, North Tumen region, North Siberia, Russia

Under-ice net fishing, typical in Russia and particularly in Siberia; the boat is being pulled around for safety and for carrying the catch (mostly local salmons) as a sledge

Selkup Man (North Siberia minority) shows work with wooden hand-made tool (for drilling wood and bone). early spring, taiga-forest; North Tumen region, Russia

Selkup Man (North Siberian minority), in tradional winter clothes, smokes outside local shop in Krasnoselkup. early spring; near river Taz, North Tumen region, Siberia

Selkup Family - Minority of the Siberian North, a family in front of their log-hut on tradional sledge. Spring. forest near river Taz, North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia

Typical lichen on taiga-forest floor near river Taz (Cladonia sp.). North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia

Taiga-forest and marshes near river Taz. North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia

Marsh marigold / Kingcup - flowering in flooded forest near river Taz (Caltha palustris ). North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia. (Ranu subspecies ?)

RUSSIA - semi-tundra. Lakes and melting snow, aerial. Taiga near Norilsk town, Russian Arctic

RUSSIA - semi-tundra aerial view of taiga. River near Pyasina Lake, Russian Arctic

Ice - Moss in ice frozen spring. Tundra, Taimyr, Russian Arctic

Lincoln Ellsworth and pilots trans-Antarctica flight
Lincoln Ellsworth and Herbert Hollick-Kenyon, loading supplies into the " Polar Star", before the flight of the 2000 miles from Dundee Island across the Antarctic to the Bay of Whales

Found long missing Lincoln Ellsworth and pilot
American Lincoln Ellsworth and his British colleague and pilot, Herbert Hollick-Kenyon who on 23 November 1935, started from Dundee Island in an aeroplane Polar Star

Lincoln Ellsworth and pilot making preparations
Lincoln Ellsworth (left) and Herbert Hollick-Kenyon (right), his pilot, making preparations for their trans-Antarctic flight from Dundee Island in an aeroplane Polar Star

The Terra Nova Expedition
On 1st June 1910, the Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, set sail from London for the Antarctic regions

Sir Ernest Shackleton, polar explorer, photographed in 1914, before his departure on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1874 - 1922

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

Hagenbeck Circus and Zoo in London
The sights and sounds of the Christmas season at Olympia, London: Carl Hagenbecks Circus and Zoo from Hamburg. Showing the annexe with sea elephants (sea lions), penguins, polar bears

Locating true magnetic North Pole by G. H. Davis
The locating of the true magnetic North Pole: an RAF discovery. Illustrating the 17, 720-mile polar expedition of the British Lancaster Aries and her crew. Date: 1945

Pencil sketches of bears
Pencil sketches of a polar bear, a brown bear, and a girls head. Date: 1920s

Coloured silhouette of four penguins dancing in a circle. Date: 20th century

Polar bears celebrate Peary reaching the North Pole
Dancing Polar Bears raise glasses of champagne and toast Robert Edwin Peary, Sr. (18561920), the American explorer who claimed to have led the first expedition, on April 6th 1909

An aeroplane in the Arctic
An aeroplane flying above a British camp in the Arctic. Date: 1928

A motor sledge for the South Pole
A motor sledge device for transport in heavy snow, used by Lieutenant Barnes on M.Charcots French expedition to the South Pole which set off in 1908 in the Pourquoi Pas. Date: 1909

DANCING BEARS AT ZOO
Dancing bears at Munich zoo, Germany. Date: early 1930s

Polar Bears Begging
Two polar bears begging on their hind legs at a zoo. Date: early 1930s

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

Inuit - Mother and Children on the Polar Ice by their tent, with block ice entrance. Date: circa 1910s

Captain Robert Falcon Scott - Polar Explorer
Scott of the Antarctic. Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) - who lost his life in an ill-fated race to be the first person to reach the South Pole. Date: circa 1907

Age and Smile - Two happy elderly Eskimos of Polar region
Age and Smile - Two happy elderly Eskimos of the Polar region. Date: circa 1910s

Eskimo Christian converts of the Arctic Ocean region
Jean, a young Eskimo boy, converted to Christianity, laughing - Alaska, USA. Date: circa 1909

Christian Missionary travelling by Alaskan Reindeer sled
Christian 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, USA
Church 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 - Petr Petrovich Shirshov
A superb portrait of Petr Petrovich Shirshov (1905-1953) - hydrologist, Doctor of Geographic Sciences (1937), Full Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1939)

Ivan Dmitrievich Papanin - Russian Polar Explorer
Ivan Dmitrievich Papanin (1894-1986) - Russian Polar Explorer, Scientist, Counter (Rear) Admiral. Winner of 9 Orders of Lenin and Twice a Hero of the Soviet Union. Date: 1933

Frank Coffyn, the Polar Aviator in a Wright Model B hydroplaning on the ice-clogged Hudson River, 4 February 1912

Northrop Gamma 2B NR12269 Polar Star
Northrop Gamma 2B, NR12269, Polar Star, in its original configuration

Polar bear on the North Pole spying on a balloon

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