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Object Number 51-16-00/1.418
Display Title Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Testing the ice inside the pressure ridge
Descriptions
Object Description Written on Photograph: "[verso] freighting goods / ashore"
Department Photographic
Date 1913 - 1914
Artist Dr. Samuel J. Mixter
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
North America / United States / Alaska / Aleutian Islands
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area / St. Lawrence Island
Asia / Russia / Siberia
Dimensions Overall: 8.5725 × 14.2875 cm (3 3/8 × 5 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Donated by Mrs. Elisabeth Morss

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Alaska
Siberia
St. Lawrence Island
Aleutian Islands
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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 - 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 - Schooner Elvira caught in ice
51-16-00/1.280 Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Schooner Elvira caught in ice
Siberia
St. Lawrence Island
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Crew cutting ice
51-16-00/1.316 Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Crew cutting ice
Alaska
St. Lawrence Island
Aleutian Islands
Siberia
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 schooner stuck in ice
51-16-00/1.419 Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - View of schooner stuck in ice
St. Lawrence Island
Siberia
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Man standing on the ice, schooners in background
51-16-00/1.73 Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Man standing on the ice, schooners in background
Siberia
St. Lawrence Island
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Schooner stuck in the ice
51-16-00/1.128 Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Schooner stuck in the ice
Alaska
Siberia
Aleutian Islands
St. Lawrence Island
Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Deck of schooner covered in ice and snow
51-16-00/1.205 Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Deck of schooner covered in ice and snow
Alaska
Siberia
Aleutian Islands
St. Lawrence Island
Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Deck of schooner covered in snow and ice
51-16-00/1.204 Arctic Voyage of Schooner Polar Bear - Deck of schooner covered in snow and ice
Siberia
St. Lawrence Island
Aleutian Islands
Alaska