This illustration dates to 1912. John Ross’s ship Victory, with all flags flying, trapped in the Arctic ice in Felix Harbour, Christmas Day 1829. “The brilliancy of Venus [top left of image] was a spectacle which was naturally contemplated as in harmony with the rest of the day.” 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
This illustration dates to 1912. John Ross’s ship Victory, with all flags flying, trapped in the Arctic ice in Felix Harbour, Christmas Day 1829. “The brilliancy of Venus [top left of image] was a spectacle which was naturally contemplated as in harmony with the rest of the day.” 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 captions read: TOP: Ross’s Winter Quarters in Felix Harbour. The image is 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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