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
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- Admirality ‘Reward’ Poster. 1850.
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- Crew List of ‘Prince Albert’, 1850, with wages and comments on the ‘character’ of each man.
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- Commander Belcher complaining of cold, on board and off.
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- Extract from Ship’s Provisions, with Belcher’s comments.
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- Theatrical Production – HMS Resolute, 1850.
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- Children & Servants helped fund private search expeditions.
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- Meteorological Journal – Jan 1852. ‘Prince Albert’
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- Game List, HMS Investigator. From “Discovery of the Northwest Passage…” by Sherard Osborn.
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- Sledging by Franklin searchers 1850-51. Erebus & Terror lost in uncharted ‘King William Sea’.
