Polar region on the Earth's northern hemisphere

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Inuit snow goggles and wooden case

A polar bear encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by P. Mazell, 1784, after J. Webber.

Monument to Sir John Franklin in the Painted Hall at Greenwich Hospital. Wood engraving after R. Westmacott, 1859.

Captain Cook's men shooting at a herd of walrus in the Arctic Ocean during his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by E. Scott and J. Heath, 1784 after J. Webber.

Ross, Rear-Admiral Sir John, (1777-1856), Arctic explorer

Trial by ice : the true story of murder and survival on the 1871 Polaris expedition / Richard Parry.

Arctic doctor / by Joseph P. Moody with W. de Groot van Embden.

Science and the Canadian Arctic : a century of exploration, 1818-1918 / Trevor H. Levere.

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Arctic Regions

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Images referencing Arctic Regions

Works from the collections

Monument to Sir John Franklin in the Painted Hall at Greenwich Hospital. Wood engraving after R. Westmacott, 1859.

Ross, Rear-Admiral Sir John, (1777-1856), Arctic explorer

Trial by ice : the true story of murder and survival on the 1871 Polaris expedition / Richard Parry.

Arctic doctor / by Joseph P. Moody with W. de Groot van Embden.

Science and the Canadian Arctic : a century of exploration, 1818-1918 / Trevor H. Levere.

Arctic Regions

Images from the collections

Images referencing Arctic Regions

Works from the collections

Monument to Sir John Franklin in the Painted Hall at Greenwich Hospital. Wood engraving after R. Westmacott, 1859.

Ross, Rear-Admiral Sir John, (1777-1856), Arctic explorer

Trial by ice : the true story of murder and survival on the 1871 Polaris expedition / Richard Parry.

Arctic doctor / by Joseph P. Moody with W. de Groot van Embden.

Science and the Canadian Arctic : a century of exploration, 1818-1918 / Trevor H. Levere.

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