Arctic Collection (page 4)

Off Greenland—Whaler Seeking Open Water. Creator: William Bradford
Off Greenland--Whaler Seeking Open Water

An Arctic Summer: Boring Through the Pack in Melville Bay, 1871. Creator: William Bradford
An Arctic Summer: Boring Through the Pack in Melville Bay, 1871

A Relief Party in Search of Sir John Franklin, 19th century, (1946). Creator: Unknown
A Relief Party in Search of Sir John Franklin, 19th century, (1946). In 1845, John Franklin led a British expedition to find the Northwest Passage

Beyond Mans Footsteps, c1894, (c1930). Creator: Briton Riviere
Beyond Mans Footsteps, c1894, (c1930). A polar bear watches the sunset in the icy wilderness of the Arctic. The artist did not visit the region: he drew a captive bear in London Zoo

Captain MacClintocks Search for Franklin, 1859: The Discovery of the... Relics
Captain MacClintocks Search for Franklin, 1859: The Discovery of the Ross Cairn Relics by Lieutenant Hobson, of the Yacht Fox, May 6, (1901)

Queen Victorias Interest in the Search for Franklin: 1856, (1901). Creator: Unknown
Queen Victorias Interest in the Search for Franklin: Her Majesty visiting the Arctic Ship Resolute, December 16, 1856, (1901)

Icebreaker Krasin among ice floes of the Arctic Ocean, 1936
Icebreaker Krasin among ice floes of the Arctic Ocean

Midnight Sun at Hammerfest, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Midnight Sun at Hammerfest, 1914. The Midnight Sun occurs during summer in places north of the Arctic Circle. From " Norge - Turistruter I 65 Billeder"

The Midnight Sun, 1914. Creator: Unknown
The Midnight Sun, 1914. Occurs during summer in places north of the Arctic Circle. From " Norge - Turistruter I 65 Billeder". [Mittet & Co, Kunstforlag - Kristania, 1914]

Tromso, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Tromso, 1914. Tromso in Troms county, Norway is a city north of the Arctic Circle. From " Norge - Turistruter I 65 Billeder". [Mittet & Co, Kunstforlag - Kristania, 1914]

The Midnight Sun on the Arctic Ocean, Tromso, Norway, 1895. Creator: Axel Lindahl
The Midnight Sun on the Arctic Ocean, Tromso, Norway, 1895. From " Round the World in Pictures and Photographs: From London Bridge to Charing Cross via Yokohama and Chicago"

The Hardangerfjord at Rosendal, Norway, 1895. Creator: Unknown
The Hardangerfjord at Rosendal, Norway, 1895. The fourth longest fjord in the world, with mountains in the distance. From " Round the World in Pictures and Photographs

General view, Odde, Norway, 1895. Creator: Unknown
General view, Odde, Norway, 1895. The town of Odde, or Odda, at the southern end of the Sorfjorden. From " Round the World in Pictures and Photographs

Felix Harbour, 1834. Creator: William Say
Felix Harbour, 1834. John Rosss ship, the Victory, with all flags flying, trapped in the ice in Felix Harbour on the eastern tip of Boothia Felix in Nunavuts northern Canadian Arctic

Greenlander. Creator: Unknown
Greenlander. An inuit hunting walrus in his kayak

Andrees Arctic balloon after the crash, 1897, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Andre es Arctic balloon after the crash, 1897, (1932). Swedish engineer and aeronaut Salomon August Andre e (1854-1897) perished during a failed attempt to reach the Geographic North Pole by hydrogen

Ascent of zeppelin, Arctic expedition, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Ascent of zeppelin, Arctic expedition, 1932. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air), cigarette card album produced by the Garba ty cigarette factory, 1932

Andrees Arctic balloon expedition, 1897, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Andre es Arctic balloon expedition, 1897, (1932). Swedish engineer and aeronaut Salomon August Andre e (1854-1897) perished during a failed attempt to reach the Geographic North Pole by hydrogen

The Midnight Sun in July over cliffs of Spitzbergen and Arctic Ocean, c1905. Creator: Unknown
The Midnight Sun in July over cliffs of Spitzbergen and Arctic Ocean, 78° 15 N. Latitude, c1905. From " The Underwood Travel Library - Norway". [Underwood & Underwood, London ]

Landing from a steamer in Arctic country, Svolvaer, Lofoten Islands, N. Norway, c1905
Landing from a steamer in Arctic country (68 1/3° N. Lat.), Svolvaer, Lofoten Islands, N. Norway, c1905. From " The Underwood Travel Library - Norway". [Underwood & Underwood, London ]

Picturesque Svolvaer, a far north fishing station, Lofoten Islands, N. Norway, c1905
Picturesque Svolvaer, a far north (68 1/3° N. Lat.) fishing station, Lofoten Islands, N. Norway, c1905. From " The Underwood Travel Library - Norway". [Underwood & Underwood, London ]

Buying fish in a busy Arctic trading port, Tromsoe (69°38 N. Lat. ), Northern Norway
Buying fish in a busy Arctic trading port, Tromsoe (69° 38 N. Lat.), Northern Norway, 1902. From " The Underwood Travel Library - Norway". [Underwood & Underwood, London, 1902]

People of the frigid North-Lapp home and family, near Tromsoe, Norway, c1905. From " The Underwood Travel Library - Norway". [Underwood & Underwood, London ]

Polar bear from Spitzbergen, c1928. Creator: Unknown
Polar bear from Spitzbergen, c1928. Polar bear found in Svalbard, northern Norway. From " Die Welt in Bildern", (The World in Pictures), cigarette card album, c1928

A Liner Threading Her Way Through a Field of Ice in the North Atlantic, April 20, 1912. The White Star Line ship RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in thick fog off Newfoundland on 14 April 1912

Liner in a field of ice, and people waiting for news of the Titanic disaster, April 20, 1912. A Liner Threading Her Way Through a Field of Ice in the North Atlantic

Right Whaling in Behering Straits & Arctic Ocean with its Varieties, pub. 1871 (colour lithograph)

The Chinese Room at Middleton Park, Oxfordshire, 1840. Creator: English School (19th Century)
The Chinese Room at Middleton Park, Oxfordshire, 1840 (w/c on paper). showing influences from Brighton Pavillions neo-Chinoiserie

Crimson Cliffs, 1819. Creator: Daniel Havell
Crimson Cliffs, 1819. A View of the Coloured Snow in Lat. 76. 25N. & Long. 65. W. Unusually coloured landscape in the North Atlantic

Coup de la Terre prise sur l Equator et vue du cote du Pole Arctique (no
Coup de la Terre prise sur l Equator et vue du co te du Po le Arctique (no. 7), from Tableaux du Systeme Planetaire pub. Paris, 1839

The Dramatic Birth of a Giant Iceberg, 1935
The Dramatic Birth of a Giant Iceberg, . From The Popular Science Educator, Volume 2, edited by Charles Ray. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

An Awe-Inspiring Display of Solar Haloes, 1935. From The Popular Science Educator, Volume 2, edited by Charles Ray. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

The Bright Aurora Lights Up The Icy North, 1935
The Bright Aurora Lights Up The Icy North, . From The Popular Science Educator, Volume 1, edited by Charles Ray. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London, ]

Exercising the Dogs, 1936. George Marston leading the dogs down on to the floe from the Endurance. Shackleton is standing on the platform overlooking the gangway

Sir Ernest Shackleton, c1900s, (1936). From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

Heavenly Globes, name and figures of the celestial constellations and signs of the Arctic and Antarctic Poles. French engraving of 1667

Polar Bears watching for Seals at an Ice Hole, c1867-1910. Artist: John MacAllan Swan
Polar Bears watching for Seals at an Ice Hole, c1867-1910

Queen Victoria visiting HMS Resolute, 16th December, 1856, published 1859 (colour lithograph). HMS Resolute was sent to the Arctic to search for Franklin

William Barents Arctic expedition, 1596-1597 (1598). Members of the crew killing and skinning bears outside the cabin in which the expedition wintered

Cover of Roald Amundsen, Explorer by Charles Turley, 1935. Artist: Charles Turley
Cover of Roald Amundsen, Explorer by Charles Turley, 1935. Norwegian explorer. Amundsen (1872-1928) led the first expedition to reach the South Pole, arriving at the Pole in December 1911

A buffalo pound, Canada, c1819-1822 (1823). Artist: Edward Finden
A buffalo pound, Canada, c1819-1822 (1823). From Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the Years 1819-22 by John Franklin (1786-1847)

Captain Bartlett and his Party, 1910. Born in Newfoundland, Robert Bartlett was a noted ice navigator and Arctic explorer of the late 19th and early 20th century

Captain McClintocks search for missing Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, 6 May 1859 (1901). The discovery of the Ross Cairn relics by Lieutenant Hobson of the yacht Fox

The second German northpolar expedition to the Arctic and Greenland in 1869. Artist: Anonymous
The second German northpolar expedition to the Arctic and Greenland in 1869. Private Collection

The Teufelsschloss in Kejser Franz Joseph Fjord. The second German northpolar expedition to the Arct Artist: Anonymous
The Teufelsschloss in Kejser Franz Joseph Fjord. The second German northpolar expedition to the Arctic and Greenland in 1869. Private Collection

Portrait of Otto Y. Schmidt (1891-1956), 1921-1922. Artist: Andreev, Nikolai Andreevich (1873-1932)
Portrait of Otto Y. Schmidt (1891-1956), 1921-1922. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Icebreaker Krasin among ice floes in the Barents Sea, 1932. Artist: Anonymous, 18th century
Icebreaker Krasin among ice floes in the Barents Sea, 1932. Found in the collection of the State Museum of Arctic and Antarctic, St Petersburg

A young Laplander in winter costume, 1912. Artist: Oscar Olsson
A young Laplander in winter costume, 1912. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. II. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1912]

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