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Grytviken Whaling Station from the Endurance

Photograher: Frank Hurley. Expedition: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914-17. Leader: Ernest Shackleton. View from the deck of the ship Endurance looking across sea to the coastline of South Georgia and the Grytviken whaling station.

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Sledge at Cape Rawson

Expedition: British Arctic Expedition 1875-76. Leader: George Strong Nares (1831-1915). Original format: Lantern slide. A group of men with shovels and pickaxes stand on a steep snow slope. They are cutting a path for a sledge which stands at the bottom of the slope surrounded by other men. Another sledge stands further along the base of the slope, three men hold it up on the slope, harnessed dogs lie on the slope

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Disco, Greenland

Expedition: British Arctic Expedition 1875-76. Leader: George Strong Nares (1831-1915). Original format: Lantern slide. Harbour of Godhaven, Disko Island, Greenland, with three sailing ships, Alert, Discovery and Valorous. In the background are hills 3000 feet high, and a stone storehouse stands beneath them, close to the sea. A few boats in the foreground

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