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Picture Library catalogue: Eclipse and Maud Voyages 1888-89

 

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Here you can browse the complete listing of all the Eclipse and Maud Voyages 1888-89 (EMV 1888-89) items.

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There are 113 items in this collection.

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In harbour

Record: P48/285/1

View of a paddle steamer and a sailing ship moored in harbour. Houses and warehouses behind.

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Melville Bay, crushed floe

Record: P48/285/10

View over broken ice of masts of steam and sail powered ship 'Maud'.

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'Eclipse'. Dead whale

Record: P48/285/100

A dead whale lies on the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'. Sailors stand on the deck nearby.

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On the deck of the 'Eclipse'

Record: P48/285/101

Five crew members pose for the camera on the deck of the ship 'Eclipse'. Two hold harpoons. A dog lies at their feet.

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Peter Sinclair (Shetland)

Record: P48/285/102

Portrait of Peter Sinclair

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10th August 1888. Lat. 88˚ N.

Record: P48/285/103

Sunset over ice floes.

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Dead polar bear

Record: P48/285/104

A dead polar bear hangs by a chain from its neck over the deck of the ship 'Eclipse'.

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'Eclipse' moored to the ice

Record: P48/285/105

View looking at the bows of the sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse' moored to the ice. Crew members, one holding a shovel, and a dog stand on the ice.

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On the ice

Record: P48/285/106

Crew members of the ship 'Eclipse' stand on the ice around a capstan. A rope extends from the capstan across the ice.

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'Eclipse' in the ice

Record: P48/285/107

View over broken ice of steam and sail powered ship 'Eclipse' with some sails set.

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'Eclipse'. Washing decks

Record: P48/285/108

A group of crew members stand on the deck of sail and steam powered vessel 'Eclipse'. One sprays water from a hose, others hold brooms.

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Whaling boat

Record: P48/285/109

View of a whaling boat being rowed by four sailors. Another stands at the steering oar in the stern and another stands holding the harpoon gun in the bows.

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'Eclipse'

Record: P48/285/11

View of sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse' at sea.

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'Eclipse' in the ice

Record: P48/285/110

View over broken ice of steam and sail powered ship 'Eclipse' with some sails set.

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'Eclipse'. Making off blubber

Record: P48/285/111

View along deck of sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'. Crew members stand at benches along the ships rail and on the foredeck. On the benches are blocks of blubber which they are cutting. Two crew members stand holding blocks of blubber on boathooks. More blocks of blubber lie on the deck.

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Polar bear on deck

Record: P48/285/112

A dead polar bear lies on the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'. Livingstone-Learmonth, wearing a deerstalker and rubber waders, stands next to the bear with one foot on its back. He holds a rifle.

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Ship's dog

Record: P48/285/113

Portrait of a dog sitting on a capstan.

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Cook and steward of 'Eclipse'

Record: P48/285/12

The cook, in a white apron and holding a kettle, and the steward, wearing a tam o'shanter and holding a wooden basin, stand on the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'.

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Flenching bottlenose whales, 'Eclipse'

Record: P48/285/13

The severed head of a bottlenose whale lies on the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'. To one side stand a row of sailors holding a rope. To the other, other sailors look over the side of the ship.

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Polar bear

Record: P48/285/14

A dead polar bear hangs by its neck from a chain over a hatch cover on the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'. A sailor stands nearby.

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Pack ice

Record: P48/285/15

View of broken pack ice.

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'Eclipse' boring through ice

Record: P48/285/16

Sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse', sails set, in broken pack ice.

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'Maud'

Record: P48/285/17

View over broken ice of masts of steam and sail powered ship 'Maud'.

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'Maud' stuck in a neck

Record: P48/285/18

View over broken ice of steam and sail powered ship 'Maud' with sails set.

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'Eclipse' - walrus on deck

Record: P48/285/19

Livingstone-Learmonth, holding a rifle, stands on the deck of sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse' behind a dead walrus, its head propped up on a wooden bucket.

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Deck of S.S. 'Eclipse'. Ready for sea

Record: P48/285/2

View looking along the deck of sailing ship 'Eclipse' showing small boats lashed to the deck and rigging. Warehouses in background.

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'Eclipse' fast to floe

Record: P48/285/20

View over broken ice of masts, with some sails set, of steam and sail powered ship 'Eclipse'.

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Polar Bear on deck

Record: P48/285/21

A dead polar bear lies on a hatch cover on the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'.

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Polar bear in a barrel

Record: P48/285/22

A polar bear sits in a barrel.

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Polar Bear on deck

Record: P48/285/23

A dead polar bear lies on the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'.

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'Eclipse' under way. Crew snowing down decks

Record: P48/285/24

A group of sailor stand on the snow bound deck of sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'. They hold brooms. The ship is under sail.

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Polar bear in a barrel

Record: P48/285/25

A polar bear sits in a barrel.

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Harpoon and gun in boat slung from davits(?)

Record: P48/285/26

Close up of wooden harpoon gun attached to bow of small boat.

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Harpoon and gun in boat slung from davits(?)

Record: P48/285/27

Close up of wooden harpoon gun attached to bow of small boat.

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Inuit dogs. Noursoak

Record: P48/285/28

Five sledge dogs sit on the snow.

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Walrus

Record: P48/285/29

Two dead walruses lie on ice.

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'Nova Zembla' and 'Maud' fast to land ice. Upernavik

Record: P48/285/3

Two sail and steam powered ships are moored to an ice sheet. Men stand in the rigging and on the bowsprit of the 'Maud'. Rocky coast in background.

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Small boats amongst the floe

Record: P48/285/30

View of three small rowing boats in the middle distance being rowed in water between ice floes. People stand on the floes.

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'Eclipse' flenching a whale

Record: P48/285/31

A dead whale is tied to the side of the sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'. Two crewmen stand on it, others stand on the deck of the ship. A rowing boat floats alongside.

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Walrus and cub

Record: P48/285/32

A walrus and cub lie on ice.

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Ground seal

Record: P48/285/33

A seal lies on ice.

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'Eclipse' moored to the ice

Record: P48/285/34

Sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse' is moored by the bows to the ice. Small boats lie alongside.

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'Eclipse'. Hands cutting up blubber

Record: P48/285/35

View looking down the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse' towards crew standing around a whale carcass. They hold poles. Others look over the side of the ship.

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Inuit woman. Navy Board Inlet

Record: P48/285/36

Inuit woman wearing hide clothing with child on back.

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Inuit woman. Admiralty Inlet

Record: P48/285/37

Inuit woman wearing hide clothing.

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Inuit woman. Navy Board Inlet

Record: P48/285/38

Inuit woman wearing hide clothing.

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Inuit woman. Navy Board Inlet

Record: P48/285/39

Inuit woman wearing hide clothing with child on back.

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'Maud' close beset

Record: P48/285/4

View of the sail and steam powered ship 'Maud' in the ice with sails set.

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'Eclipse'. Clearing away decks after flenching

Record: P48/285/40

View along deck of sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'. Crew members stand with brushes and mops next to piles of blubber.

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'Eclipse'. Clearing away decks after flenching

Record: P48/285/41

View along deck of sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'. Crew members stand with brushes, mops and hooks on poles next to piles of blubber.

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Inuit girl and boy. Noursoak

Record: P48/285/42

An Inuit girl and boy wearing traditional clothing stand side by side in front of the wall of a stone hut. The boy holds dead ptarmigan.

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Inuit boys. Ponds Inlet

Record: P48/285/43

Portrait of Inuit boys wearing skin clothing.

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Inuit woman. Ponds Inlet

Record: P48/285/44

Portrait of Inuit woman wearing hide clothing with child on back.

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Inuit boys carrying ptarmigan

Record: P48/285/45

Portrait of an Inuit boy wearing traditional clothing and holding dead ptarmigan.

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'Eclipse'. Flenching

Record: P48/285/46

View looking down the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse' towards crew working with poles on parts of a whale carcass.

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'Eclipse'. Finished flenching

Record: P48/285/47

View looking down the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse' towards crew working with poles on parts of a whale carcass hanging from the rigging. Other crew members look over the side of the ship.

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Etar Inuit

Record: P48/285/48

Four Inuit people stand on the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'. They wear traditional fur clothing.

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Inuit child clad in dog skin. Ponds Inlet

Record: P48/285/49

Portrait of Inuit boy standing on a wooden bucket wearing skin clothing.

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'Maud' and iceberg

Record: P48/285/5

Sail and steam powered ship 'Maud' in the middle distance in the ice. Large iceberg behind.

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Etar Inuit. Arctic Highlander. Dalrymple Rock

Record: P48/285/50

Portrait of an Inuit man sitting on rocks wearing skin clothing.

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'Eclipse' taking the tail on board. The last portion of the fish to shipped

Record: P48/285/51

A whale tail is hoisted onto the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'. Crew members stand on the deck holding blades on long poles.

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'Eclipse'. Blocks of blubber on deck

Record: P48/285/52

View along deck of sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'. Crew members along the ships rail and on the foredeck. At their feet are blocks of blubber.

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Inuit woman, child and igloo. Noursoak

Record: P48/285/53

Inuit woman and child wearing traditional clothing stand outside rough stone dwelling. Snow-covered hillside in background.

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Group of Inuit people and igloo. Upernavik

Record: P48/285/54

Inuit man, women and children wearing traditional clothing stand and sit outside rough stone dwelling.

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'Eclipse'. Clearing bone

Record: P48/285/55

A crew member stands on the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse' sawing at a piece of whalebone with a saw. Other crew members look on from nearby, one from out of a hatch. Pieces of bone lie on the deck.

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'Eclipse'. Splitting bone

Record: P48/285/56

Two crew members stand on the deck of sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'. One holds upright a large length of whalebone. The other cuts shards off of the whalebone using a spike attached to a pole.

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Inuit dog sleigh. Pond Inlet

Record: P48/285/57

Inuit man, woman and child stand next to a laden sledge on the ice.

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'Eclipse'. Whale's fin and blubber on deck

Record: P48/285/58

View along deck of sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'. Crew members work with blades attached to poles on a whale fin which is suspended above the deck. Blubber lies on the deck at their feet.

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'Eclipse'. Gumming bone

Record: P48/285/59

Crew members stand on the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse' at a long narrow bench. They work at strips of whale bone on the bench.

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Captain David Gray and son Robert on deck of 'Eclipse'

Record: P48/285/6

David Gray, holding a sextant, and Robert Gray, leaning on a rifle, stand by a hatch on the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'. Rigging and funnel in background.

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Seal on a skin

Record: P48/285/60

A dead seal lies on a skin on the deck of sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'.

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Upernavik

Record: P48/285/61

View of wooden houses and church. A Danish flag flies from a flag pole.

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Inuit skin tent. Encampment Admiralty Inlet

Record: P48/285/62

A group of skin tents stand on stoney ground. A group of Inuit stand amongst them.

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Seal on a skin

Record: P48/285/63

A dead seal lies on a skin on the deck of sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'.

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Dead seal on sailcloth

Record: P48/285/64

A dead seal lies on sailcloth.

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Inuit woman. Ponds Inlet

Record: P48/285/65

Inuit woman wearing hide clothing sits on the deck of sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse' near a winch. A sheet of sailcloth has been suspended behind her as a backdrop.

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Showing average height of Inuit woman. Upernavik

Record: P48/285/66

An expedition member stands next to two Inuit women outside a rough stone dwelling. Children look on from nearby. Snow-covered hills and fjord in background.

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Dead seal

Record: P48/285/67

A dead seal lies on sailcloth.

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'Eclipse' boring through ice

Record: P48/285/68

Sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse' with sails set in broken pack ice.

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Oomiak. Women's boat. Noursoak

Record: P48/285/69

View of umiak being rowed by Inuit women.

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R. Gray (Dr R. W. Gray)

Record: P48/285/7

Robert Gray sits on the wheel mounting on the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'. Two other seamen stand each side of the wheel.

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Oomiak. Women's boat. Noursoak

Record: P48/285/70

View of umiak being rowed by Inuit women.

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Dead polar bears

Record: P48/285/71

One dead polar bear hangs by a chain from its neck over the deck of the ship 'Eclipse'. Two more lie at its feet.

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'Eclipse' cabin

Record: P48/285/72

Interior of the state cabin of the ship 'Eclipse'. Shows table and leather bound benches. Books stacked up on a table.

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Whalebone on deck

Record: P48/285/73

A whalebone hangs suspended over the deck of sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'. Crew members stand to both sides.

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Whalebone on deck

Record: P48/285/74

A whalebone hangs suspended over the deck of sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'. Crew members stand to both sides.

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'Eclipse'. Man at wheel

Record: P48/285/75

A sailor stands at the wheel of sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'. Sail is set above his head.

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Sailor with harpoon

Record: P48/285/76

A sailor stands at a capstan on the deck of ship 'Eclipse'. He holds a harpoon. A dog lies at his feet.

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Glacier on south coast of Ponds Inlet

Record: P48/285/77

View over water towards a glacier descending in a valley to the sea.

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Reflections

Record: P48/285/78

Sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse' lies at anchor on still water. Mountainous coast in background.

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'Eclipse'. Captain Gray on bridge

Record: P48/285/79

Gray stands on raised walkway above the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'. Rigging above.

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'Eclipse' in the ice

Record: P48/285/8

View over broken ice of steam and sail powered ship 'Eclipse'.

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'Eclipse' cabin

Record: P48/285/80

Interior of the state cabin of the ship 'Eclipse'. Shows table and leather bound benches.

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Berg about 300 ft. high

Record: P48/285/81

View of iceberg over ice floe.

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Berg about 300 ft. high

Record: P48/285/82

View of iceberg floating in the sea.

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'Eclipse'. Narwhal on deck

Record: P48/285/83

A dead narwhal lies on the deck of sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'. Crew members stand on the deck. Rigging above.

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'Windward'. Steaming through ice

Record: P48/285/84

Sail and steam powered ship 'Windward' steams though ice floes, smoke pouring from her funnel.

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Whale's tail

Record: P48/285/85

A whale's tail hangs suspenced above the deck of the ship 'Eclipse'(?). Crew man stand on the deck pushing at the tail with poles.

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Inuit pups on sleigh

Record: P48/285/86

Pups lie on a small sledge in front of a wooden house. A woman looks through an open door, a child stands to one side.

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'Eclipse'. Crew snowing down decks

Record: P48/285/87

A group of sailor stand on the snow bound deck of sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'. They hold brooms. The ship is under sail.

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Drawing of 'Eclipse'

Record: P48/285/88

Photograph of a drawing of sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse' with sails set amongst ice. Two other ships in the background and four whaleboats chasing a whale in the foreground.

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Sailor with drawing

Record: P48/285/89

A sailor stands on the deck of ship 'Eclipse'. He holds a drawing of 'Eclipse' on top of a capstan.

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Iceberg in broken pack ice

Record: P48/285/9

View of iceberg over broken pack ice. A rowing boat approaches it in the far distance.

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'Eclipse'. Dead narwhal

Record: P48/285/90

A dead narwhal hangs suspended over the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'. A sailor stands on the deck of the ship holding the tusk of the narwhal.

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'Eclipse' moored to the ice

Record: P48/285/91

Sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse' is moored by the bows to the ice. Small boats lie alongside.

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'Eclipse'. Flenching bear on deck

Record: P48/285/92

Two crew members bend over a dead polar bear on the deck of the ship 'Eclipse'. They are in the processing of skinning it.

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'Eclipse'. Flenching bear skin

Record: P48/285/93

Two crew members stand on the deck of the ship 'Eclipse' at a bench over which is draped a polar bear skin. They clean it with small knives. Another crew member stands to one side with a boathook.

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Stretching bear skin

Record: P48/285/94

On the deck of the ship 'Eclipse' crew members, holding knives, stand around a wooden frame. A polar bear skin is stretched out in the middle of the frame.

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'Eclipse' in the floe

Record: P48/285/95

View over broken ice of steam and sail powered ship 'Eclipse' with some sails set.

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Polar bear on deck

Record: P48/285/96

A dead polar bear lies on the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'. Livingstone-Learmonth, wearing a deerstalker and rubber waders, stands next to the bear with one foot on its back. He holds a rifle.

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Ship under sail

Record: P48/285/97

View across water of a sail and steam powered ship under sail.

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'Eclipse'. Captain D. Gray and dog 'Bob'

Record: P48/285/98

David Gray stands on the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse' looking through a sextant. A dog sits beside him. In the background a sailor stands at the ship's wheel.

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'Eclipse'. Dead whale

Record: P48/285/99

A dead whale hangs suspended over the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Eclipse'. Sailors stand on the deck nearby.