Photograph on card
Category
Photographs
Date
1875 - 1877
Materials
Cloth, Leather, Paper, Photographic paper, Rexine
Collection
Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 428862.39
Summary
Photograph NO. 35. LAT. 79° 39’ N. “ALERT” ALONGSIDE FLOE IN DOBBIN BAY. PARTY PREPARING TO CUT DOCK. VIEW LOOKING TO NORTHWOOD. Black and white albumin photograph mounted on card. Mount has handwritten ‘35’ at top, and ‘London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, 110 and 108, Regent Street, and 54, Cheapside.’ printed near bottom. A ship can be seen on the right in the middle distance, facing away from the photographer, with closed sails and three rowing boats attached to the side. Members of crew stand near ship with two tripod structures. Large headlands in background and ice-covered water in foreground. The photograph has been taken from the deck of another ship; the bow juts out from the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.