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"Hans, his wife, and children. Hans was with Dr. Kanes in his expedition, also with Dr. Hayes in 1860 and 1861, and is now with the United States Exploring Expedition under Captain Hall."
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

“Peter Motzfeldt and wife”
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"The Steamer under the midnight sun, anchored about two miles from the Devil's Thumb."
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"The solitude of Melville Bay"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Jansen and his family"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Sophy and her sister, Marea"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Enlarged view of No. 33."
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"The steamer taking soundings in front of the glacier"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"The glacier as seen flowing or being forced down between the hills"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"An extended view of a section of the front of the glacier"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Svartehuk, or Black Head"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

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

“Peter Motzfeldt and family at Kraksimiut”
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

“The glacier as seen when sailing up the fiord”
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

“The "panther" steaming up the Sermitialik fiord to visit the glacis”
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

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

"Wilcox Point and the devil's thumb in the distance, with rafted ice in the Foreground. ",
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Iceberg which, from its peculiar shape, would be selected to make fast to"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"The Devil's Thumb partially enveloped in a fog"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Beset by the ice"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"View of the Devil's Thumb, taken about two miles from the base of the mountain"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Surrounded by the wildest scene possible to conceive"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Castle Berg in Melville Bay over two hundred feet high. The Figure, which is some seventy-five feet from the Base, gives an object to compare with the Berg. The Ice in the foreground is about eighteen inches in thickness."
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Scene in connection with view no. 93, taken when among the bergs"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art