Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10421
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Felix Harbour
Date
1835
Creator
William Say (1768 - 1834, British) , Engraver
After
John Ross (1777 - 1856, British) , Naval officer
Object type
Library reference
27714
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 210mm
width (print): 260mm
width (print): 260mm
Subject
Content object
Description
John Ross’s ship Victory, with all flags flying, trapped in the Arctic ice in Felix Harbour, Christmas Day 1829. “The brilliancy of Venus [top left of image] was a spectacle which was naturally contemplated as in harmony with the rest of the day.”
Plate facing p.232 of the Narrative of a second voyage in search of a north-west passage, and of a residence in the Arctic regions during the years 1829 ... 1833, by Sir John Ross (London, 1835).
John Ross and his nephew James Clark Ross endured four winters trapped in the Arctic ice on an expedition to find the elusive Northwest Passage. Their first winter was spent at Felix Harbour on the eastern tip of Boothia Felix (now known as the Boothia Peninsula). John Ross was knighted in 1834 following his return to England.
Plate facing p.232 of the Narrative of a second voyage in search of a north-west passage, and of a residence in the Arctic regions during the years 1829 ... 1833, by Sir John Ross (London, 1835).
John Ross and his nephew James Clark Ross endured four winters trapped in the Arctic ice on an expedition to find the elusive Northwest Passage. Their first winter was spent at Felix Harbour on the eastern tip of Boothia Felix (now known as the Boothia Peninsula). John Ross was knighted in 1834 following his return to England.
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