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"Scene in Melville Bay, ice pack in August"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

The Devil's Thumb, as seen when we were coming round Wilcox Point
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"View of Upernavik, the most northern settlement on the globe"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"This Iceberg, from its great beauty, we named the "Glory of Baffin's Bay." There was an openi ng in it above water which the steamer could have sailed through."
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Scene on our way to Upernavik"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Icebergs Seen Near the Coast"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"The "Panther" moored to the heavy hummock ice"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"In an open lead between the floe and iceberg"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Cape Desolation"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Scene from Baffin Islands, with icebergs in the distance"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"The pack separating"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Open lead in the pack on the 4th of August"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Some of the intelligent inhabitants, man, boy, and girl"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Instantaneous view of iceberg"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

'After the hunt"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Moored alongside the hummock ice, near a grounded berg, taking in fresh water"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Nearer view of the polar bears"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Hunting by steam in Melville Bay, the party after a day's sport killing sixpolar bears withi n the twenty-four hours."
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Steaming to the northward on the 7th of August, through a lead in the floe and among the icebergs",
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"View of the house nearest the north pole under the midnight sun"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"The "Panther" trying to force a passage through the floe"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Bergs passed on our way north to Tessiusak"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"The 'Gorilla Iceberg', showing the remarkable action of the water, producing a perfect profile of a gorilla's face."
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"The middle pack of Melville Bay, with a group of stranded bergs"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art