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Geology: the Gorner glacier, in the Valais. Lithograph by J. Schmid after A. Calame.

Months of the year: October. Engraving after P. Stevens.

Geography: glaciers. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.

Geology: the Rhone glacier in the Valais. Engraving by C. Niquet the younger after J.S.D. Besson.

A man has fallen through ice into a river: he is clutching at the leg of his companion in an attempt to rescue himself. Etching.

Months of the year: January. Engraving after P. Stevens.

The Resolution, Captain Cook's ship, in the Antarctic circle. Engraving by B.T. Pouncy, 1777, after W. Hodges, 1773.

Months of the year: December. Engraving after P. Stevens.

The rescue of the young John Wesley from the burning parsonage at Epworth, Lincolnshire. Mezzotint by S.W. Reynolds after H.P. Parker.

Geography: avalanches. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.

A gathering of people in the Balkans selling fish taken in winter sunlight.

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

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A gathering of people in the Balkans selling fish taken in winter sunlight.

Geography: avalanches. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.

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

Geography: glaciers. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.

A man has fallen through ice into a river: he is clutching at the leg of his companion in an attempt to rescue himself. Etching.