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Description: | A view from the starboard bow of 'Alert' (1856) looking towards the Polar Sea with the crew working to free the ship from the barrier of 'floe-bergs'. On 23 July 1876 a strong southwesterly wind had driven the pack ice away from the shore. On the return of shooting parties on 24 July, preperations were made to depart with the re-embarkation of stores, instruments and equipment. After considerable labour by means of powder to blow a passage through the grounded 'floe-bergs', the ship was freed on 31 July 1876 and proceeded to round Cape Rawson and entered Robeson Channel. The motionless polar pack ice can be seen in the distance. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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