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"Beset by the ice" by George P. Critcherson — VisualArtsDB

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"Beset by the ice"

George P. Critcherson

1869

Medium: Albumen silver print from a glass negative
Dimensions: 4 3/16 × 4 13/16" (10.6 × 12.2 cm)
Genre: Photograph
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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The Arctic Regions: No. 36. The Glacier As Seen Flowing Or Being Forced Down Between The Hills, Ploughing Up A Moraine Of Earth And Rocks, Twenty To Thirty Feet High

The Arctic Regions: No. 36. The Glacier As Seen Flowing Or Being Forced Down Between The Hills, Ploughing Up A Moraine Of Earth And Rocks, Twenty To Thirty Feet High

George P. Critcherson, 1869

The Arctic Regions: No. 92.* The Devil's Thumb partially enveloped in a fog, with the first of the drift Ice from the pack, which was being forced towards the land, from which we escaped through a narrow lead; had we been hemmed in, we should have had to winter there

The Arctic Regions: No. 92.* The Devil's Thumb partially enveloped in a fog, with the first of the drift Ice from the pack, which was being forced towards the land, from which we escaped through a narrow lead; had we been hemmed in, we should have had to winter there

George P. Critcherson, 1869