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A view of the crew of a dog sledge cutting a road in the ice below the cliffs of Cape Rawson. Sledging party rounding Cape Rawson on top of ice foot piled up 30 feet above the level ice against the shore. The ice caused significant problems for the sledgi
Between March and June 1876
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India and back with HRH the Prince of Wales. HMS Serapis 1875-76. Page 1 Ephemera No.1: Invitation to a Welcome Home reception of Prince of Wales in the Guildhall 19 May 1876. The invitation is numbered 4077 and it is a blank example. Page 2. Ephemera No
1876
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Newly formed floe-bergs, showing the old line of floatation. The official report stated that ‘the floe-bergs, at their maximum sizes, were pressed high up one over the other against the steep shore; the chaos outside was something indescribable, and
Between March and June 1876
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View from Mount Cartinel looking southwest towards Bellot Island and and its summit Mount Campbell, Discovery Bay, Lady Franklin Sound (Bay).. Nares wrote: ‘Finding the harbour was suitable in every way for winter quarters, and the abundance of spar
1 to 7 March 1876
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The Lady Franklin Sound Sledge Party prior to departure from Discovery.. Lt. Robert Archer of Discovery led the 12-man sledge Westward Ho to determine the continuity of Grant Land, as well as deciding whether Lady Franklin Strait is a bay, fiord or channe
8 April 1876
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View from the ice of 'Alert' (1856) ashore in Radmore Harbour, Rawlings Bay, at low tide.. This depicts an event when 'Alert' was returning south: ‘[at] the very top of high-water a rather insignificant looking piece of ice press
21 August 1876
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