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Image representing what Scott and his crew might have witnessed when encountering the South Pole.
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Image representing the paths and people involved in the Race to the South Pole
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Image of Roald Amundsen
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Image of Captain Robert Falcon Scott
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This image represents the lead explorers, an outline of the crew, and the amount of supplies brought aboard for the two separate Antarctic explorers.
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Hans Hendrik in 1883 by Ida Falander
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Memoir of Hans Hendrik, Inuit hunter and Arctic guide and traveler of the 19th Century.
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Captain Charles Hall in Washington in one of the few remaining photographs of him.
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Arctic Explorer Emil Bessels models a hooded fur coat acquired during a polar expedition.
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Stefansson constructing a snow house on the Dartmouth Green
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A dramatic scene of the HMS 'Erebus' passing through icebergs on the 1839-43 Arctic expedition led by Sir James Clark Ross.
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A tent is set up next to a fjord. One person carries a kayak onto land while the other 3 individuals occupy themselves.
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Eskimo Folk-tales
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Eskimo Folk-tales
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Eskimo Folk-Tales
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Photos of Camp Century, the US’s military base 100 miles from the edge of Greenland’s ice cap. This was built without Denmark’s knowledge or permission.
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The glossary in the 2021 edition contains Danish, Greenlandic, and Icelandic. The 1943 edition (not pictured) also contains translations for select words in these languages.
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1943 US Navy Sailing Guide for East Coast of Greenland and Iceland. Notice the proportion of the book that focuses on Iceland versus Greenland.
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The Norwegians claimed this area of Eastern Greenland until 1933. This originated from Erik the Red’s Norse colony, which was part of Norway.
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A comprehensive photo of all of the Danish people living in Nuuk in 1905
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Dogs pulling sled along tree lined hill Canadian Arctic Expedition
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Inuits singing and drumming print.
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Stone sculpture of Sedna, the goddess of the sea in Inuit spiritual tradition
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Stefansson repairing one of the snow houses, unknown man handing in a bundle
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A Timeline of Notable 20th Century Arctic Expeditions
