‘Alert nipped near Cape Beechey, Robeson Channel’
Date
1876
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Object type
Library reference
56663
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Dimensions
height (print): 114mm
width (print): 176mm
width (print): 176mm
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Description
Landscape view showing H.M.S.Alert temporarily trapped by pack ice, an event that lifted the entire vessel three feet. The event took place in the Robeson Channel, the northernmost part of the Nares Strait between Ellesmere Island, Canada and Greenland.
Plate from the book Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6 in H.M. ships ‘Alert’ and ‘Discovery’ by George Strong Nares, vol.2 (Sampson Low, London, 1878).
Alert and Discovery were the Royal Navy vessels employed on the British Arctic Expedition 1875-1876 commanded by Sir George Nares. The vessels progressed between Ellesmere Island and Greenland and into to the Lincoln Sea. In his introduction to the published account of the expedition Nares stated that: “The Illustrations in the present work are...reproductions of photographs taken by Mr. F. [eg Thomas] Mitchell, Paymaster of H.M.S.’Discovery’, and Mr. George White, Assistant Engineer of H.M.S.’Alert’...”
Printed below: ‘Permanent Woodbury Print. “ALERT” NIPPED NEAR CAPE BEECHEY, ROBESON CHANNEL.’
Sir George Strong Nares (bap.1831 d.1911) British Arctic explorer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1875. In addition to the British Arctic Expedition, he commanded the scientific voyage of H.M.S.Challenger.
Plate from the book Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6 in H.M. ships ‘Alert’ and ‘Discovery’ by George Strong Nares, vol.2 (Sampson Low, London, 1878).
Alert and Discovery were the Royal Navy vessels employed on the British Arctic Expedition 1875-1876 commanded by Sir George Nares. The vessels progressed between Ellesmere Island and Greenland and into to the Lincoln Sea. In his introduction to the published account of the expedition Nares stated that: “The Illustrations in the present work are...reproductions of photographs taken by Mr. F. [eg Thomas] Mitchell, Paymaster of H.M.S.’Discovery’, and Mr. George White, Assistant Engineer of H.M.S.’Alert’...”
Printed below: ‘Permanent Woodbury Print. “ALERT” NIPPED NEAR CAPE BEECHEY, ROBESON CHANNEL.’
Sir George Strong Nares (bap.1831 d.1911) British Arctic explorer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1875. In addition to the British Arctic Expedition, he commanded the scientific voyage of H.M.S.Challenger.
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