HMS Alert and HMS Discovery, 1875

HMS Alert (left) and HMS Discovery prior to their setting out on the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876. In the summer of 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. Although the attempt was unsuccessful, a new furthest North record was set, the coasts of Greenland and Ellesmere Island were charted and much scientific data gathered

Admiralty Alert Charted Coasts Data Ellesmere Furthest Greenland Nares Reach Unsuccessful

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