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Picture Library catalogue: Leigh Smith Arctic Expeditions 1880-82

 

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Here you can browse the complete listing of all the Leigh Smith Arctic Expeditions 1880-82 (LSAE 1880-82) items.

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There are 13 items in this collection.

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Bottom of Valentine (?)

Record: LS99/4/1

View of the face of a glacier(?) at water's edge. Rock face behind, water and shingle in foreground.

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Eira Harbour

Record: LS99/4/10

View taken from hillside looking down on water and islands and sailing ship 'Eira' at anchor.

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Open Bridges view

Record: LS99/4/11

Rocky coastline with natural arch worn away by action of sea.

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Spitzbergen view

Record: LS99/4/12

View of sea cliffs and glacier(?).

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Farthest point reached by the 'Eira' in 1880.

Record: LS99/4/13

Pack ice

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Crew of 'Eira'

Record: LS99/4/2

The crew of the sailing ship 'Eira' dismember a polar bear on the ice at the bows of the 'Eira' which is moored to the ice. A crew member stands on deck watching.

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Boats on Nova Zemlya

Record: LS99/4/3

Three small sailing boats are drawn up at a shingle beach. Sailors stand in the water and on the boats. Another boat lies on the beach. Rocky coastline in background.

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Bear in tub

Record: LS99/4/4

A polar bear cub in a wooden barrel.

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Whalebone

Record: LS99/4/5

A large whalebone hangs from chains above the deck of the sailing ship 'Eira'. Sailors stand around it.

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Sailors on ice floe

Record: LS99/4/6

A group of sailors stand on an ice floe in the middle distance. They bend over dead seals(?) on the ice. Two rowing boats are moored to the ice.

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'Eira' in ice

Record: LS99/4/7

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'Eira' in ice

Record: LS99/4/8

View taken from in front of the sail and steam powered ship 'Eira' trapped in ice pack. A man stands on the ice off to one side.

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Bell Island

Record: LS99/4/9

View from the sea of island with hill partially covered by snow.