HMS Alert caught in ice off Cape Beechey, 1875-1876

Engraving showing HMS Alert caught in the ice, against the shore of Cape Beechey during the 1875-1876 British Arctic Expedition. In 1875 the British Admiralty sent Captain George Nares with two ships, HMS Alert and HMS Discovery, to make an attempt to reach the North Pole via Smith Sound. The attempt was unsuccessful, but a new furthest North record was set, the coasts of Greenland and Ellesmere Island were charted and much scientific data gathered

Admiralty Alert Beechey Charted Coasts Data Ellesmere Furthest Greenland Nares Reach Unsuccessful

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