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Object Number 51-16-00/1.280
Display Title Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Schooner Elvira caught in ice
Descriptions
Object Description Written on Photograph: "[verso] 'Elvira' / caught / in ice"
Department Photographic
Date 1913-1914
Artist Dr. Samuel J. Mixter
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area / St. Lawrence Island
North America / United States / Alaska / Aleutian Islands
North America / United States / Alaska
Asia / Russia / Siberia
Dimensions Overall: 14.2875 × 8.5725 cm (5 5/8 × 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Donated by Mrs. Elisabeth Morss

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Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Polar Bear in the ice with schooner Elvira in background
51-16-00/1.278 Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Polar Bear in the ice with schooner Elvira in background
Alaska
St. Lawrence Island
Aleutian Islands
Siberia
Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Schooner Elvira
51-16-00/1.281 Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Schooner Elvira
St. Lawrence Island
Siberia
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - View of Elvira and Belvedere
51-16-00/1.379 Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - View of Elvira and Belvedere
St. Lawrence Island
Siberia
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Schooner Elvira and Polar Bear
51-16-00/1.384 Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Schooner Elvira and Polar Bear
St. Lawrence Island
Aleutian Islands
Siberia
Alaska
Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Showing kind of ice schooners have to fight with
51-16-00/1.277 Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Showing kind of ice schooners have to fight with
Alaska
Siberia
St. Lawrence Island
Aleutian Islands
Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - View of schooners Elvira and Belvedere
51-16-00/1.412 Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - View of schooners Elvira and Belvedere
Alaska
St. Lawrence Island
Siberia
Aleutian Islands
Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Elvira and Polar Bear
51-16-00/1.354 Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Elvira and Polar Bear
Siberia
Aleutian Islands
St. Lawrence Island
Alaska
Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Arctic landscape with view of Elvira
51-16-00/1.420 Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Arctic landscape with view of Elvira
St. Lawrence Island
Siberia
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Rugged ice off East Cape
51-16-00/1.2 Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Rugged ice off East Cape
Siberia
Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - View of Elvira
51-16-00/1.417 Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - View of Elvira
Alaska
St. Lawrence Island
Aleutian Islands
Siberia
Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Polar Bear stuck in ice
51-16-00/1.414 Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Polar Bear stuck in ice
Siberia
St. Lawrence Island
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Testing the ice inside the pressure ridge
51-16-00/1.418 Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Testing the ice inside the pressure ridge
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Siberia
St. Lawrence Island