Polar Collection (page 14)

Racial / Eskimos / Ross Exp
John Rosss arctic expedition: Native Eskimo friends of Ross and his expedition. L to R: Shulanina, Tulluachiu and Tirikshiu

Ross / Grahams Valley
John Rosss arctic expedition: Standing on a rock in Grahams Valley

Koldewey / Northern Lights
The crew of Koldeweys expedition in Germania hail the Northern Lights

Ross / A Sail! a Sail
John Rosss arctic expedition: " A sail! A sail!" - the expedition members finally see a sailing ship - the whaler Isabella, which picks them up

Scotts ship, the Terra Nova
Unloading the " Terra Nova" in McMurdo Sound (the last voyage of Captain Scott)

Crocuses growing in PRS Discoverys wardroom, 1902
Illustration showing the wardroom of the Polar Research Ship Discovery, Easter Sunday, 1902. Several of the ships officers can be seen climbing onto the dining table to look at their pots of crocuses

The Nimrod in a storm, Antarctic Ocean, 1908
Illustration showing the polar research ship Nimrod heading for the Antarctic at the start of the Nimrod Antarctic Expedition of 1908-09

Rear-Admiral Richard Byrd, in the Antarctic, c. 1929
Photograph of Rear-Admiral Richard Byrd (1888-1957) setting out on skis from his polar exploration ship City of New York, c.1929

The Nimrod returning from Antarctica, 1909
Photograph showing the Nimrod, the polar research ship used in the Nimrod Antarctic Expedition of 1908-09, returning to Britain in 1909

PRS Discovery in the pack ice, Antarctica, 1902
Photograph of Polar Research Ship Discovery, in the pack ice of McMurdo Strait, 7th February 1902. Discovery was used during the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-04

Polar Explorers on the summit of Mount Erebus, Antarctica, 1
Photograph showing members of the Nimrod Antarctic Expedition of 1908-09 reaching the summit of Mount Erebus, Antarctica, 10th March 1908

Antarctic Expedition Sledge, c. 1903
Photograph showing a laden sledge of the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-04. A sledge this size would have been packed with supplies for three men of a sledging party

Midwinter Day Celebration, National Antarctic Expedition, 19
Illustration of the Midwinter Day Celebration held in the crews mess-room of the Polar Research Ship Discovery ; National Antarctic Expedition, 22nd June 1902

The Nimrod, Falmouth Harbour, 1909
Photograph showing the polar research ship Nimrod shortly after its return from the Nimrod Antarctic Expedition of 1908-09; off Falmouth, 1909

Rear-Admiral Richard Byrd, Antarctica, c. 1929
Photograph of Rear-Admiral Richard Byrd (1888-1957), the American explorer, pictured in his cold weather furs and with his dog Igloo ; Antarctica, c.1929

AMUNDSENs GJOA C1906
In the herring boat Gjoa, Amundsen and his crew became the first to traverse the North-west Passage

The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson
Engraving of The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson, a painting by John Collier, exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1882. Henry Hudson, the great navigator, made his last voyage to the Polar Seas in 1610

JOHN RAE 1813 - 1893
JOHN RAE Scottish explorer. Went on several Polar exploring expeditions, and mapped 1400 miles of the Canadian coast

Using Armillary Sphere
An astronomer using an ARMILLARY SPHERE whose rings show the equator, tropics, polar circles and so forth

Wild Animals / Zoo
An assortment of animals in a Victorian zoo including, monkeys, lion, tiger, wolf, foxes, leopard and polar bear

Walruses and Explorers
These polar explorers were busy taking their measurements when suddenly these walruses appeared and sent them scampering away across the ice

WALRUS 1909
A group of walruses (trichechus rosmarus)

Nobile in Radio Contact
Umberto Nobile flew the airship Norge over the North Pole in 1926. His second attempt in 1928 in Italia ended in a crash landing. Making radio contact - Italy

Polar Bear / Mr Borgen
Polar bear seizes Dr. Borgen of Koldeweys Arctic expedition, but he is rescued

Polar Bear / Olaus Magnus
A couple of bears go fishing in the cracked ice

Polar Bears Playing
Polar bears having fun on the snow, by making a sledge out of ice

Ross in Arctic Boats
An episode during the Parry/Ross Arctic expedition, the return of the boats is hailed by the ships crew

Lunar Phenomenon 1893 2
Lunar phenomena in the Polar night : an inverted arch forms a tangent to the moon-ring, luminous patches show where the ring intersects with the horizon

Peary Reaches North Pole
HAVE MADE GOOD AT LAST. HAVE THE OLD POLE. Commander Peary, American explorer, reaches the North Pole in April 1909. Later, his claim is contested by Cook

Nansen and Colleagues
Nansen on left, then Ole Ravna, Lieutenant Dietrichson, Balto, Captain Sverdrup and Kristiansen

NANSENs FRAM
his ship, the Fram

Amundsen in the Gjoa
Roald Amundsen in the cabin of his ship, Gjoa, in 1905-6

Elisha Kent Kane / Polar
ELISHA KENT KANE American polar explorer

Polar Bear / Fries / 1837
A polar bear at the waters edge

Roald Amundsen / 1927
ROALD AMUNDSEN Norwegian polar exlorer, en route to Japan aboard the President of Asia

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

Various types of bear: Black, Brown, Polar and Raccoon

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

Nordenskjold / Petit Jnl
Otto Nordenskjold, Swedish explorer, is rescued by the Argentine ship Uruguay in the Antarctic after his own ship was crushed by ice

Nares / Kennedy Channel
The Nares expedition aimed to restore to Britain the farthest north record in Alert and Discovery. Alert pressed on shore in Kennedy Channel

Nares / Lievely Harbour
The Nares expedition aimed to restore to Britain the farthest north record in Alert and Discovery. The ships in Lievely Bay, Disco Island

Nares / Sunday Service
The Nares expedition aimed to restore to Britain the farthest north record in Alert and Discovery. Sunday morning service aboard the Alert

Payer / Sledge Party / 1873
A sledge party making a difficult journey

Payer / Tegetthoff / 1874
Payer abandons the ice-crushed Tegetthoff and the crew set out for Novaya Zemlya with sledges and three boats

Koldewey / Bear Attack
During Koldeweys expedition in the Germania, one of his crew members, Dr Borgen, is carried off by a polar bear, but he is later rescued

Mcclintock / Franklin
McClintock in Fox discovers Franklins remains and the fate of the Franklin expedition. They also revealed about 800 miles of hitherto unknown coast. Date: 1857-59

Franklin & his Crew
Franklin and his officers: L to R: Couch (Mate), Fairholme, Osmer (Purser), des Voeux (Mate), Crozier, Franklin and Fitzjames

Mcclure / Franklin Search
Sport with sea birds among the ice cliffs. McClures expedition to search for Franklin led to their being the first party to travel from Bering Strait to Baffin Bay

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