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Abandonment of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 1871. Pl. 2

Description: Image of American whaling ships stranded in ice in the Arctic; captions in the lower margin identify the ships pictured (left to right): "John Wells. Massachusetts. J.D. Thompson. E. Morgan. Champion. Henry Taber. E. Swift. Florida. O. Crocker. Navy. Reindeer. Seneca. G. Howland. Fanny. Carlotta. Paiea."
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1872
Call number: priTEC 0053
Creator: Congdon, Theodore G(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon, 2006.

Abandonment of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 1871. Pl. 1

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Image of American whaling ships stranded in ice in the Arctic; captions in the lower margin identify the locations and ships pictured (left to right): "Sea Horse Islands. Roman. Point Belcher. Concordia. Gay Head. George."

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Abandonment of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 1871. Pl. 3

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Image of American whaling ships stranded in ice in the Arctic; captions in the lower margin identify the locations and ships pictured (left to right): "Monticello. Kohola. Eugenia. Wainright Inlet. Julian. Awashonks. Thos. Dickason. Minerva. Wm. Rotch. Victoria. Mary."

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Abandonment of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 1871. Pl. 5

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Image of sailors in boats rowing towards the surviving American whaling ships after the majority of their vessels were stranded in ice in the Arctic; captions in the lower margin identify the ships pictured (left to right): "Europa. Daniel Webster. Midas. Chance. Arctic. Progress. Lagoda."

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Abandonment of the whalers in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 1871. Pl. 4

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Image of American men in boats sailing towards shore after their whaling ships were stranded in ice in the Arctic; many boats are already pulled up on land with tents and bonfires in background; captions in the lower margin identify the locations pictured (left to right): "Blossom Shoals. Place of Rendezvous. Icy Cape."

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Right whaling in Behering Straits & Arctic Ocean with its varieties

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Image of a large panoramic view of a whaling scene depicting a wide range of whaling activities on various boats and ships, including a whale being harpooned at right; captions printed under the image provide labels for those activities, as well as geographical points; walruses on ice floes at bottom left and right.

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Steam whaler Lucretia in Arctic Ocean

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The 282 photographic prints in this collection document voyages of the United States Revenue Cutters "Bear," "Corwin," and "Richard Rush" to Alaska and the Arctic Ocean in the 1880s and 1890s. The images depict the boats, Captain Michael A. Healy, Frank A. Healy (Healy's son), the crewmen of the afore-mentioned revenue cutters; Alaskan natives and their homes; and various views of the Alaskan wilderness and towns. The collection provides insight into the people and events the "Bear" and "Corwin" encountered on their voyages while under the command of Healy. The collection also depicts Alaskan native graves; missionaries; whaling ships; ice fields in the Arctic Ocean; J.B. Vincent, a survivor of the shipwrecked "Napoleon"; Francis "Frank" Fuller, murderer of Archbishop Charles John Seghers; Alaskan native umiaks and various artifacts; and reindeer stations. Photographers who contributed to this collection include H.W. Bradley, Edward DeGroff, Lt. C.D. Kennedy of the USRC Maine, Geoff Knight, William H. Rulofson, and I.W. Taber. See also photCL 97 for related photographs concerning the "Corwin". The photographs were originally part of the Huntington's Manuscripts collection for Papers of Michael A. Healy, 1881-1900, call number mssHM 47577-47618.

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