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British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876. It was led by George Strong Nares (1831-1915) and was sent by the British Admiralty to attempt to reach the North Pole. Two ships. "HMS Alert" and "HMS Discovery", captained by Henry Frederick Stephenson, sailed from Portsmouth on May 29, 1875. The expedition failed to reach the North Pole; however the coasts of Ellesmere Island and Greenland were explored. Crew of the "Alert" ship, trapped on ice floe, opening a channel in the icy sea to make way for the ship. Engraving by Rico. La Ilustracion Espa–ola y Americana, November 30, 1876.
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British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876. It was led by George Strong Nares (1831-1915) and was sent by the British Admiralty to attempt to reach the North Pole. Two ships. "HMS Alert" and "HMS Discovery", captained by Henry Frederick Stephenson, sailed from Portsmouth on May 29, 1875. The expedition failed to reach the North Pole; however the coasts of Ellesmere Island and Greenland were explored. Crew of the "Alert" ship, trapped on ice floe, opening a channel in the icy sea to make way for the ship. Engraving by Rico. La Ilustracion Espa–ola y Americana, November 30, 1876.
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1875 • 1876 • 19 CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY. • 19TH • 19TH-CENTURY • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS • AIR INJECTION • AIR • ALERT • ARCTIC • AREA • ARMES • ARMS • ARTFORM • BARGE • BARK • BARQUE • BASKET • BASKETS • BERNARDO RICO • BLOCK • BLOCKS • BOAT • BOATS • BOTELLA • BOTTLE • BREAK • BREAKING • BRITAIN • BRITISH ARCTIC EXPEDITION • BRITISH • BUQUE • CAMINO • CHILL • CIENCIA • CLIMATE • CLIMATOLOGY • COLD (WEATHER) • COLD • COLDNESS • CONTAINER • CONTEMPORARY AGE • CONTEMPORARY ERA • CONTEMPORARY HISTORY • COUNTRY ROAD • CRAFT • CREW • CYLINDER • DANCING ON POINTE = POINTE DANCING • DANCING ON POINTE • DISCOVER • DISCOVERER • EFFORT • ELLESMERE ISLAND • ELLESMERE • EMBARKATION • ENGLAND'S • ENGLAND • ENGLISH • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • EUROPA • EUROPE • EUROPEA • EUROPEAN • EUROPEANS • EXERTION • EXPEDITION • EXPEDITIONARY • EXPLORATION • EXPLORE • EXPLORER • FLEET • FORCE • FORTIFICATION • FRIGATE • FROZEN • GAFF • GAP • GEORGE STRONG NARES • GLACE • GREAT BRITAIN • GREAT-BRITAIN • GREENLAND • GREENLAND: GRL • HARPOON • HARPOONS • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • HISTORY. • HMS ALERT • ICE (WEATHER) • ICE CAKE • ICE COVERED WATERS • ICE CREAM • ICE FLOE • ICE • ICE, FROZEN LAKES&STREAMS • ICY SEA • INAUGURATION • INGLES • INJECT • INJECTING AIR INTO WATER • INJECTING • INJECTION • INSTRUMENTAL • JOURNEY • JOURNEYMAN'S TRAVEL • JOURNEYMAN'S TRAVELS • LA ILUSTRACION ESPA–OLA Y AMERICANA • LA ILUSTRACION ESPANOLA Y AMERICANA • LANCE • LANCES • LANDSCAPE • LANDSCAPES • LEISURE • MAKE WAY • MAKING WAY • MARINE • MARITIME NAVIGATION • METHOD • NARES • NAVE • NAVEGATION • NAVIGATION • NAVIGATOR • NAVIO • NAVY • NINETEENTH CENTURY • NORTH POLE • OCEAN • OCEANS • OPEN • OPENING • PATH • PHYSICAL EFFORT • PHYSICAL • PHYSICIST • PHYSICS • PHYSIQUE • POINTE DANCING • POLAR CLIMATE • POLAR SEA • POLAR • POWER (POLITICAL) • POWER • PRINT • PRY • PUMP • PUMPING • RESEARCHER (MALE) • RESEARCHER • RICH • RICO • ROAD • ROUTE • RULE (POLITICAL) • RULE • SAILING • SCENE • SCIENCE • SCIENCES • SCIENTIFIC • SEA ICE • SEA • SEA. • SEAS • SHEET OF ICE • SHIP • SHIP: EMBARKATION • SHIPPING • SHIPS • SPANISH AND AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION, THE • SPEAR • SPEARS • STAGE • STICK • STRAIN • STRAINING • STRENGTH • SYSTEM • TANK • TECHNICAL • TECHNIQUE • TECHNIQUES • TECHNOLOGY • TEHNOLOGY • THEATER • THEATRE • THRIP • TO TRAVEL • TRAPPED • TRAVEL • TRAVELING • TRAVELS • TRIP • TRIPS • U. K. • UNITED KINGDOM • VESSEL • VOYAGE • WALL • WARM CLOTHING • WATER • WAY • WEAPON • WEAPONRY • WEAPONS • WEATHER • WINTER • WINTERS • WINTRY • XIX CENTURY • ZONE
