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| Picture No | 10217645 |
| Date | 1875 |
| Description | A Young Family waving goodbye to the British Arctic |
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A young mother and two children waving farewell to the ships of the British Arctic Expedition, as they depart. 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.
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| Source | Illustrated London News. 1875, page 528 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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