Canada, aerial view of mountains, Ellesmere Island

Taken from an altitude of about 3000 feet by Byrd on McMillan Arctic Expedition showing the top of some of the rugged snow-covered mountains of Ellsmere Island, north-west of Etah. Though the low-lands were free of snow, the highland is eternally covered with snow. This photograph was taken in Augus...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957
Other Authors: Gift of Richard E. Byrd, 1925
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1925
Subjects:
McMillan Arctic Expedition
1925
Aerial photographs
Mountains
Snow
Discovery & exploration
Arctic regions
MacMillan
Donald Baxter
1874-1970
Arctic
Baxter
Byrd
Canada
Ellesmere Island
Etah
Nunavut
Online Access:http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/polar/id/33
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Summary:Taken from an altitude of about 3000 feet by Byrd on McMillan Arctic Expedition showing the top of some of the rugged snow-covered mountains of Ellsmere Island, north-west of Etah. Though the low-lands were free of snow, the highland is eternally covered with snow. This photograph was taken in August 1925. There were very few landing-places in this region on the summer snow.

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