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Picture Library catalogue: British Arctic Air Route Expedition 1930-31

 

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (20 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/493

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (20 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/494

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (20 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/495

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (20 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/496

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (20 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/497

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (20 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/498

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (20 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/499

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (20 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/500

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (20 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/501

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (20 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/502

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (20 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/503

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (20 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/504

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (20 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/505

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (20 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/506

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (20 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/508

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (20 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/509

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (20 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/510

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/511

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/512

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/513

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/514

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/515

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/516

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/517

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/518

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/519

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/520

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/521

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/522

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/523

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/524

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/525

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/526

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/527

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/529

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/530

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/531

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/532

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/533

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/534

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/535

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/536

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/537

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/538

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/539

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/540

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Coast from Umivik to the south-west corner of Angmagssalik Island (22 July 1931)

Record: P53/43/542

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Watkins Mountains

Record: P53/43/543

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland. First photographs ever taken of the highest mountains in the Arctic.

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Watkins Mountains

Record: P53/43/544

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland. First photographs ever taken of the highest mountains in the Arctic.

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Camp at foot of glacier

Record: P53/43/545

Aerial photograph of tent pitched on flat snow field. A man stands next to it, waving. Dogs and sledge stand nearby.

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Bugbear Bank

Record: P53/43/546

Aerial photograph of snow-covered mountains.

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View south-eastwards down Kangerdluak from the top of 'Bugbear Bank'

Record: P53/43/547

Aerial photograph of snowfield, fjord with ice floes and sea.

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Sermilik (?)

Record: P53/43/85

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Sermilik (?)

Record: P53/43/88

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Sermilik (?)

Record: P53/43/89

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Sermilik (?)

Record: P53/43/90

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Sermilik (?)

Record: P53/43/91

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Sermilik (?)

Record: P53/43/92

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Sermilik (?)

Record: P53/43/93

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Sermilik (?)

Record: P53/43/94

Aerial photograph of east coast of Greenland.

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Kayaks selling cod to 'Quest' at Tasuissac

Record: P99/13/8/1

View looking down over the side of ship 'Quest' at a group of kayaks manned by Inuit men with cod lying on the afterdecks.

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Base with dogs

Record: P99/13/8/10

Base hut in the middle distance. Dogs and expedition member stand to one side.

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Small bird

Record: P99/13/8/100

A small bird (white wagtail?) sits on ship.

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Small bird

Record: P99/13/8/101

A small bird (white wagtail?) sits on ship.

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Birds on seaweed

Record: P99/13/8/102

A flock of birds (plovers?) sit on seaweed covered rocks at coast.

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Exterior with dogs

Record: P99/13/8/103

Two dogs outside the door of a wooden house.

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Dogs

Record: P99/13/8/104

Sled dogs playing.

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Dogs

Record: P99/13/8/105

Sled dogs on rocks. Wooden houses in background.

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Dog

Record: P99/13/8/106

A puppy lies on the deck of a ship next to the feet of a man.

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Sledging

Record: P99/13/8/107

Blurred image of man driving an empty sledge and dog team in front of a snow-covered hillside.

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Sledging

Record: P99/13/8/108

A man drives a dog team and sledge with people sitting on it through melting snow field. Another man runs alongside. Snow-covered hillside in background.

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Dog team working

Record: P99/13/8/109

A dog team runs across a melting snow field. They pull a sledge (partially out of shot).

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'Quest' off shore at Angmagssalik

Record: P99/13/8/11

A group of Inuit sit on a steep rocky slope. Above them at the top of the slope is a wooden house. In the background is a fjord with the ship 'Quest' at anchor near the shore. Ice floes and snow-covered mountains in the background.

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Visit of the 'Hans Egede'

Record: P99/13/8/110

View from above (over the side of ship 'Hans Egede') of two sledges and dog teams and two men on ice.

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Visit of the 'Hans Egede'

Record: P99/13/8/111

Blurred image of ship 'Hans Egede' across ice.

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Dog team resting

Record: P99/13/8/112

A harnessed dog team sits on the ice. Two sledges, dog teams and two men on the ice in the background.

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Sledges and dogs

Record: P99/13/8/113

View from above of three empty sledges with dog teams and drivers resting on the ice.

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Sledging

Record: P99/13/8/114

Two sledges are pulled by dog teams across ice. One is laden with sacks, on which an Inuit sits, the other with a bale on which an Inuit leans whilst standing on the sledge.

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Visit of 'Hans Egede'

Record: P99/13/8/115

View towards stern of sailing ship, 'Hans Egede' moored against ice sheet. Sledges with dog teams travel across the ice to and from the ship. Snow-covered mountains in the background.

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Visit of 'Hans Egede'

Record: P99/13/8/116

A sledge loaded with sacks, on which sits a boy, is pulled by a dog team across the ice towards the camera. In the background the sailing ship 'Hans Egede' is moored on against the ice. People, dogs and sledges stand on the ice next to the ship.

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Visit of 'Hans Egede'

Record: P99/13/8/117

A group of Inuit women and children, some in traditional clothes, sit on a sledge and stand on the ice at the bows of the sailing ship 'Hans Egede'.

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Visit of 'Hans Egede'

Record: P99/13/8/118

View from ship 'Hans Egede's rail looking down on Inuit men unloading cargo onto ice. Sacks, barrels and timber lie on the ice and are being loaded onto sledges. Dog teams lie on the ice.

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Visit of 'Hans Egede'

Record: P99/13/8/119

Inuit women and children walk across the ice away from the camera towards ship 'Hans Egede's in the middle distance. Some carry suitcases. Sledges and dog teams cross the ice.

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Ruined stone hut on a hilltop by the coast.

Record: P99/13/8/12

A ruined stone hut stands on a hilltop by the coast. Ship 'Quest' anchored in background.

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Visit of 'Hans Egede'

Record: P99/13/8/120

View from ship 'Hans Egede's rail looking down on Inuit men unloading cargo onto ice. Sacks and timber lie on the ice and are being loaded onto sledges. Dog teams lie on the ice. Houses stand at the bottom of a snow-covered slope behind.

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Visit of 'Hans Egede'

Record: P99/13/8/121

A sledge loaded with sacks, on which sits an Inuit man, is pulled by a dog team across the ice towards the camera. In the background the sailing ship 'Hans Egede' is moored on against the ice. Other sledges and dog teams cross the ice towards the ship.

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Two masted ship

Record: P99/13/8/122

View of steam and sail powered ship 'Hans Egede' at anchor. Tugs lie alongside.

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Visit of 'Hans Egede'

Record: P99/13/8/123

Blurred view from ship 'Hans Egede's rail looking down on Inuit men unloading cargo onto ice. Sacks, barrels and timber lie on the ice and are being loaded onto sledges. Dog teams lie on the ice.

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Visit of the 'Hans Egede'

Record: P99/13/8/124

An Inuit man sits on a sledge loaded with a barrel on the ice. Dog team stands in front. They are in front of the steam and sail powered ship 'Hans Egede' which is moored against the ice.

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Three kayakers

Record: P99/13/8/125

Three kayaks manned by Inuit men float on the sea. They have fish on their decks.

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Boat

Record: P99/13/8/126

A small wooden boat with mast under engine power in a bay. Settlement on shore below hills in background.

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Boat with passengers

Record: P99/13/8/127

A small wooden boat with mast under engine power in a bay. Men stand on its decks and it flies a Danish flag. Settlement on shore below hills in background.

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Three kayaks

Record: P99/13/8/128

Three kayaks manned by Inuit men float on the sea. They have fish on their decks.

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Man and kayaks

Record: P99/13/8/129

A man bends over a kayak which is drawn up on a gravel slope leading to the sea. Other kayaks lie nearby. Harbour in background.

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'Quest' at Angmagssalik

Record: P99/13/8/13

A few wooden huts stand on a hillside above an inlet on the coast of a fjord. Ship 'Quest' is anchored at the mouth of the inlet. Ice floes and mountains in the background.

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Boat with passengers

Record: P99/13/8/130

A small wooden boat with mast under engine power in a bay. Men stand on its decks and it flies a Danish flag. Hills in background.

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Kayak and boats

Record: P99/13/8/131

View looking down from a ship's rail of an Inuit man in a kayak floating in between two small boats. Fish lie on the decks of the kayak.

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Boat with passengers

Record: P99/13/8/132

A small wooden boat with mast under engine power in a bay motors towards camera. Men stand on its decks and it flies a Danish flag. Hills in background.

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Boat with passengers

Record: P99/13/8/133

A small wooden boat with mast under engine power in a bay. Men stand on its decks and it flies a Danish flag. Coastal settlement and hills in background.

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Loaded boat

Record: P99/13/8/134

A rowing boat with Inuit men, women and children on board is rowed in a bay. Hills in background.

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Three kayaks

Record: P99/13/8/135

Three kayaks manned by Inuit men float on the sea. They have fish on their decks.

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Loading sledges

Record: P99/13/8/136

Three expedition members load sledges with boxes and bags on a snowy slope. Two Inuit women stand watching nearby and sled dogs lie and stand on the snow. Snow-covered hills in the background.

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Figure in snow

Record: P99/13/8/137

In the middle distance two Inuit women stand next to a rough stone hut built at the top of a rocky slope. Deep snow all around.

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Digging out stores

Record: P99/13/8/138

An expedition member digs boxes and equipment out of snow with a shovel next to Base Hut.

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Dog feeding time

Record: P99/13/8/139

An expedition member stands on the roof of the Base Hut. Standing on the snow below, sled dogs look up towards him. A sled stands buried in snow nearby. Snow-covered hills in background.

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Seal shot from 'Quest'

Record: P99/13/8/14

A man rows a small wooden boat close to an ice floe, on which lies a dead seal.

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Dog feeding time

Record: P99/13/8/140

An expedition member stands on the roof of the Base Hut. Standing on the snow below, sled dogs look up towards him. A sled stands buried in snow nearby. Snow-covered hills in background.

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Inuit girl

Record: P99/13/8/141

An Inuit woman wearing traditional dress stands in front of a jumble of boxes and timber outside the Base Hut.

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Sledging downhill

Record: P99/13/8/142

A sledge and dog team is driven by a man down a snow-covered slope towards the camera. Two people sit on the sledge. Another sledge and dog team follows behind.

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Child outside hut

Record: P99/13/8/143

A small Inuit girl wearing traditional dress stands outside the Base Hut.

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Group outside house

Record: P99/13/8/144

Group of Inuit men, women and children pose for the camera outside the Base Hut.

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Expedition member with dogs

Record: P99/13/8/145

Expedition member in fur hat stands outside Base Hut with sled dogs.

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Sledging

Record: P99/13/8/146

View of harnessed dog team from their sledge. In front a man sits on a sledge being pulled over the brow of a hill by a dog team. Snow-covered mountains in the background.

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Sledge borne hunters using binoculars

Record: P99/13/8/147

An Inuit man stands on ice looking through binoculars. An Inuit woman stands next to him leaning on a sledge. Another sledge stands nearby. Harnessed dog teams stand and lie on the snow. Snow-covered hills in background.

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Repairing sledge

Record: P99/13/8/148

An expedition member, smoking a pipe, kneels over an upturned sledge on a rocky plateau. Sled dogs sit nearby. A tent stands behind.

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Moth with boat

Record: P99/13/8/149

A De Havilland Moth seaplane floats at a rocky coastline. An expedition member stands one of its floats. A rowing boat with two expedition members on board floats nearby.

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Faroes

Record: P99/13/8/15

View from hillside above a settlement at the side of a fjord. A boat is moored to a jetty.

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People and boat

Record: P99/13/8/150

An umiak lies at a rocky coastline. On board are Inuit women and children, and a kayak. An Inuit man stands on rocks holding the stern and two Inuit children stand nearby. Another kayak and boat lie drawn up on the rocks behind. Mountainous scenery behind.

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Family outside summer tent

Record: P99/13/8/151

Group of Inuit man, women and children stand outside a sealskin(?) tent on a rough rocky hillside. Bags, buckets, pots and pans lie on the ground nearby.

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Umiak

Record: P99/13/8/152

An umiak with Inuit man, women and children on board is rowed through a bay. A moored rowing boat floats in the foreground, hills in the background.

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Complete tent

Record: P99/13/8/153

Group of Inuit man, women and children stand outside a sealskin(?) tent on a rough rocky hillside. Bags, buckets, pots and pans lie on the ground nearby.

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Two men in a boat

Record: P99/13/8/154

Three expedition members in a small boat powered by an outboard motor in a bay. Ice floes and hills in background.

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Fishing (Bingham?)

Record: P99/13/8/155

An expedition members wearing waders and a trilby hat and smoking a pipe stands in water taking a fish out of net. Rocky coastline in background.

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Rolling kayak

Record: P99/13/8/156

A kayak on its side, its occupant coming out of the water.

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Rolling kayak

Record: P99/13/8/157

A kayak on its side, its occupant coming out of the water.

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Two kayak hunters

Record: P99/13/8/158

Two Inuit men sit in kayaks out at sea. Icebergs, ice floes and hills in background.

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Boy throwing

Record: P99/13/8/159

A boy throws a stone (?) into the sea from a lichen covered rocky shore.

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Group of kayaks

Record: P99/13/8/16

A group of kayaks manned by Inuit men lie, facing the camera, at a rocky coast. Two umiaks with Inuit women and children on board lie against the shore.

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Hunters and bladders keeping harpooned seal afloat

Record: P99/13/8/160

Three Inuit men sit in kayaks at sea. Bladders float behind one. Icebergs in background.

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Kayak in ice

Record: P99/13/8/161

An Inuit man sits in a kayak amongst small ice floes. Mountains in background.

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Glacier at head of Kangerdlugsuak, with 'Quest'

Record: P99/13/8/162

Ship 'Quest' in sea, surrounded by small ice floes. In background is the mouth of a glacier at the water's edge with mountains either side.

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In pack ice

Record: P99/13/8/163

View from ship (Quest?) of pack ice.

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On board

Record: P99/13/8/164

An expedition member feeds sled dogs on the deck of ship (Quest?) at sea.

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Heavy sea

Record: P99/13/8/165

View from ship 'Quest' of bows engulfed by spray.

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Ship in ice

Record: P99/13/8/166

View from ship (Quest?) of pack ice.

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On board ship

Record: P99/13/8/167

An expedition member feeds sled dogs on the deck of ship (Quest?) at sea.

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On board ship

Record: P99/13/8/168

An expedition member at the rail of sailing ship (Quest?).

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Heavy sea

Record: P99/13/8/169

View from ship 'Quest' of bows engulfed by spray.

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Faroes

Record: P99/13/8/17

View from a hillside of a settlement by a fjord.

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Heavy sea

Record: P99/13/8/170

View from ship 'Quest' of bows engulfed by spray.

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Heavy sea

Record: P99/13/8/171

View from ship 'Quest' of bows pitching in heavy sea.

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Dogs on board

Record: P99/13/8/172

An expedition member feeds sled dogs on the deck of ship (Quest?) at sea.

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Dogs on board

Record: P99/13/8/173

An expedition member feeds sled dogs on the deck of ship (Quest?) at sea.

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Dogs on board

Record: P99/13/8/174

An expedition member feeds sled dogs on the deck of ship (Quest?) at sea.

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Dogs on board

Record: P99/13/8/175

An expedition member feeds sled dogs on the deck of ship (Quest?) at sea.

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Group at tea break

Record: P99/13/8/176

Five Inuit women in traditional dress and three Inuit men stand on the deck of a ship holding mugs.

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Middle aged man

Record: P99/13/8/177

Portrait of a man wearing a smock and hat on board ship.

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Visit of the 'Hans Egede'

Record: P99/13/8/178

View looking down onto a number of dog teams sitting on ice by their sledges. Two Inuit men stand next to a sledge.

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Dogs resting

Record: P99/13/8/179

Sled dogs in harness sit and lie on a snowfield next to a sledge.

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Scott with dogs on 'Quest' in Reykjavik

Record: P99/13/8/18

Scott, in a suit and tie, stands on the deck of the ship 'Quest' behind a group of dogs in a harbour.