Gallery

Below is a selection of photographs from the world of THE SURFACING.

Click for larger images & slideshow. Captions give details & sources.

 

The Ship

The Crew

Disko

The Inuit

Rink, Parker, Petersen, Cabot

Hunting

Life On Board

The Pack

The Crush

Out On The Ice

Sledging

The Boy

 Original Documents & Maps

Admirality ‘Reward’ Poster. 1850.

Crew List of ‘Prince Albert’, 1850, with wages and comments on the ‘character’ of each man.

Commander Belcher complaining of cold, on board and off.

Extract from Ship’s Provisions, with Belcher’s comments.

Theatrical Production – HMS Resolute, 1850.

Children & Servants helped fund private search expeditions.

Meteorological Journal – Jan 1852. ‘Prince Albert’

Game List, HMS Investigator. From “Discovery of the Northwest Passage…” by Sherard Osborn.

Sledging by Franklin searchers 1850-51. Erebus & Terror lost in uncharted ‘King William Sea’.