Credit: © The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.10813

    Expedition base in winter, Jan Mayen

    Date
    1882-1883
    Creator
    Richard Basso (Austrian) , Photographer
    Object type
    Library reference
    R65125
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 97mm
    width (print): 199mm
    height (mount): 325mm
    width (mount): 453mm
    Subject
    Content object
    nature
       > landscape
    nature
       > snow
    Description
    Landscape view of the Austro-Hungarian Arctic Expedition’s camp on Jan Mayen, the volcanic island of Norway. The image shows snowbound huts and scientific stations. The expedition was part of the first International Polar Year, 1882-1883.

    Plate 3 from the portfolio Photographische Aufnahmen von der Insel Jan Mayen; Oesterreichischen Polar-Expedition, 1882-1883 (Wien, 1884). Original photographs are credited to Linienschiffs-Lieutenant Richard Basso.

    Inscribed left: ‘Graf Wilcz-ek’sche Polar-Expedition 1882/83’; and right ‘Linienschiffslieutenant Basso ph.’ Below, the main title: ‘Jan Mayen. Station im Winter.’
    Associated place
    <The World>
       > Europe
          > Norway
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