"Alert" 82° 27’ N. July - Northern pack blown offshore by heavy gale. Party on ice clearing passage through the barrier of floe bergs
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- Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows netting from the HMS Alert, with ropes extending horizontally across top of photograph. In the middle distance a party of crew members work to clear a passage through floe bergs in Cape Rawson, Canada, June 1876. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 28 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."
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