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| Picture No | 10217912 |
| Date | 1851 |
| Description | HMS 'INTREPID' ON AN ICEBERG, BAFFIN BAY |
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HMS 'Intrepid', an Arctic exploration vessel, having been driven forty feet up an iceberg, Baffin Bay, 1851. The 'Intrepid', under the command of Lt. J.B. Cator, was forced onto the iceberg by the pressure of the surrounding ice and remained there for twenty hours, before relaunching herself.
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| Source | The Illustrated London News 27 December 1851 page 765 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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