This illustration dates to 1912. John Ross’s ship Victory in the Arctic ice in Felix Harbour. John Ross and his nephew James Clark Ross endured four winters trapped in the Arctic ice on an expedition to find the elusive Northwest Passage. Their first winter was spent at Felix Harbour on the eastern tip of Boothia Felix (now known as the Boothia Peninsula). John Ross was knighted in 1834 following his return to England. The caption reads: The First Communication with Eskimos at Boothia Felix, January 1830. Sir John Ross’s Expedition to the North Magnetic Pole, 1829-1833. From Drawings by Ross

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This illustration dates to 1912. John Ross’s ship Victory in the Arctic ice in Felix Harbour. John Ross and his nephew James Clark Ross endured four winters trapped in the Arctic ice on an expedition to find the elusive Northwest Passage. Their first winter was spent at Felix Harbour on the eastern tip of Boothia Felix (now known as the Boothia Peninsula). John Ross was knighted in 1834 following his return to England. The caption reads: The First Communication with Eskimos at Boothia Felix, January 1830. Sir John Ross’s Expedition to the North Magnetic Pole, 1829-1833. From Drawings by Ross in his Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North West Passage. Ross (1777-1856) was a British Royal Naval Officer.

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