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098618212 192k Photo by Baumgardner, Springfield, OH., of Charles Frances Hall leader the U.S. Congress-backed Hall Scientific Expedition to the Arctic in Polaris in 1871. Polaris penetrated farther north than any other vessel up to that time.
US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 49231. Robert Hurst
098618208 124k Polaris (Ex-USS Periwinkle) as fitted for the Arctic Expedition, under the Command of Captain C. F. Hall by the U.S. Government. Dated 1876. Henry Hobart Nichols Sr. (1816-1886).
Gallica Digital Library digital ID btv1b2300141v/f3.item. Robert Hurst
098618209 126k Polaris as fitted for the Arctic Expedition, under the Command of Captain C. F. Hall by the U.S. Government. Dated 1876. Henry Hobart Nichols Sr. (1816-1886).
Gallica Digital Library, digital ID btv1b2300141v/f3.item Robert Hurst 221k Hall Scientific Expedition research vessel Polaris moored at Washington Navy Yard. She was renamed Polaris in 1871 and made the first expedition to the North Pole.
Library of Congress photo. Bill Gonyo 163k Research vessel Polaris equipped for polar exploration, moored at Washington Navy Yard, circa 1871.
Library of Congress photo. Robert Hurst 126k A wood engraving of Polaris entitled "Captain Hall's Arctic Expedition -- The 'Polaris'" , published in Harper's Weekly, May 1873. Robert Hurst
098618204 291k An engraving of Polaris entitled "Working through Ice" by the artist Henry Hobart Nichols Sr. (18161886), circa 1876.
Gallica Digital Library, digital ID btv1b2300141v/f9.item. Robert Hurst
098618205 480k An engraving of Polaris entitled "Passing Fitz Clarence Rock, Aug. 26, 1871" by the artist Henry Hobart Nichols Sr. (18161886).
Gallica Digital Library digital ID btv1b2300141v/f11.item. Robert Hurst
098618207 266k Polaris amidst ice floes. Engraving entitled "Shooting Walrus, Aug. 26, 1871" by the artist Henry Hobart Nichols Sr. (18161886).
Gallica Digital Library digital ID btv1b2300141v/f10.item. Robert Hurst
098618210 166k Oil on canvas painting of Polaris by William Bradford (1823-1892), dated 1875.
Taubman Museum of Art Robert Hurst
098618211 171k Photograph by Wuselig of an oil on canvas painting of Polaris entitled "The Polaris Far North" by the artist William Bradford (1823-1892), dated 1882.
Royal Ontario Museum, gift of Dr. Sigmund Samuel, Accession number 962.33.3. Robert Hurst
098618214 272k A print of Polaris at Godhaven, Greenland, awaiting the USS Congress on 10 August 1871. Captain Charles F. Hall's Arctic expedition sailed from New York in Polaris on 29 June 1871 and proceeded to Smith Sound through Kane Basin to Robeson Channel, where they wintered in Thank God harbor. Sketch by the engineer and artist Emil Schumann.
US National Archives Photo # USN 901038, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command.. Robert Hurst
098618213 311k A print of the perilous position of PolarisUS National Archives Photo # USN 901093, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command.. Robert Hurst
098648102 102k USS Congress (V) (left) arrived at Disco Island, 10 August 1871, carrying extra supplies for Charles Francis Hall's Arctic expedition aboard Polaris, which steamed away on August 17.
Harper's Weekly, May 1873 Robert Hurst
098618206 246k Polaris breaking free from the ice pack. Engraving entitled "The Separation, Oct. 15, 1872" by the artist Henry Hobart Nichols Sr. (18161886).
Gallica Digital Library digital ID btv1b2300141v/f41.item. Robert Hurst
098618215 405k The Grave of Captain Charles F. Hall. Tablet erected on the grave of Captain Hall of the Polaris by British polar exposition, 1875.
US Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # NH 1992. Robert Hurst
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