Credit: © The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.10817

    Southern island, Jan Mayen

    Date
    1882-1883
    Creator
    Richard Basso (Austrian) , Photographer
    Object type
    Library reference
    R65125
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 91mm
    width (print): 199mm
    height (mount): 325mm
    width (mount): 453mm
    Subject
    Content object
    nature
       > snow
    Description
    Landscape panorama of the snow-covered southern part of Jan Mayen, viewed from the Danielsen Crater. Image from the Austro-Hungarian Arctic Expedition on Jan Mayen the volcanic island of Norway. The expedition was part of the first International Polar Year, 1882-1883.

    Plate 7 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.’ The main geographical features of interest in the landscape are recorded in marginal notes above the image. Below, the main title: ‘Jan Mayen. Sudtheil der Insel vom Danielsen-Krater gesechen.’
    Associated place
    <The World>
       > Europe
          > Norway
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