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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

© Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge

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

© Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge

The Christmas camp on the plateau

British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09. Leader: Ernest Shackleton. J. Adams, E. S. Marshall and F. Wild stand in front of a pyramidal tent on a flat snow field. A loaded sledge stands next to the tent, a Union Jack flies from one flag pole and other flags fly from another. A theodolite stands on a tripod to one side, ice-axes stand in the snow