Crockery and other items from the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-76 on display at the Polar Museum in Cambridge UK. This nwas an expedition arrange
Crockery and other items from the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-76 on display at the Polar Museum in Cambridge UK. This was an expedition arranged by the Admiralty to try and reach the North Pole, with the hope of settling the debate as to whether there was an open polar sea situated there. Led by Sir George Nares, 120 men on two ships, the HMS Alert and HMS Discovery, wintered in the Arctic. When they found the sea frozen they sledged across the ice, exploring an area unknown to the western world. They did not reach the Pole, but did reach the furthest north for the time and disproved the open Polar sea hypothesis. Most of the men suffered badly from scurvy through a fault in the concentration process and the expedition was aborted.
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Location: The Polar Museum, Cambridge, UK
Photo credit: © Andy Soloman / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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