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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1925
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| Online Access: | http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/polar/id/33 |
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| author | Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957 |
| author2 | Gift of Richard E. Byrd, 1925 |
| author_facet | Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957 |
| author_sort | Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957 |
| collection | University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee: UWM Libraries Digital Collections |
| description | 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. |
| format | Still Image |
| genre | Arctic Ellesmere Island Nunavut |
| genre_facet | Arctic Ellesmere Island Nunavut |
| geographic | Arctic Baxter Byrd Canada Ellesmere Island Etah Nunavut |
| geographic_facet | Arctic Baxter Byrd Canada Ellesmere Island Etah Nunavut |
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| institution | Open Polar |
| language | unknown |
| long_lat | ENVELOPE(162.533,162.533,-74.367,-74.367) ENVELOPE(-72.585,-72.585,78.314,78.314) |
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| op_coverage | North and Central America Canada Nunavut (territory) Ellesmere Island (island) |
| op_relation | Cone, H., & Bryant, J. (2002). Dangerous Crossings: The First Modern Polar Expedition, 1925. International Journal of Naval History, 1(1), 1-9. American Geographical Society Library Print Collection American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries Polar Exploration - Images from the American Geographical Society Library American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive (47 a 4) 43 No. 11,187 L pr002712 http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/polar/id/33 |
| op_rights | http://uwm.edu/libraries/digital-collections/copyright-digcoll/ |
| publishDate | 1925 |
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| spelling | ftunivwislib:oai:collections.lib.uwm.edu:polar/33 2025-01-16T20:07:25+00:00 Canada, aerial view of mountains, Ellesmere Island Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957 Gift of Richard E. Byrd, 1925 North and Central America Canada Nunavut (territory) Ellesmere Island (island) 1925 8.25 x 6.25 in Photographic prints Image/JP2 http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/polar/id/33 unknown Cone, H., & Bryant, J. (2002). Dangerous Crossings: The First Modern Polar Expedition, 1925. International Journal of Naval History, 1(1), 1-9. American Geographical Society Library Print Collection American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries Polar Exploration - Images from the American Geographical Society Library American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive (47 a 4) 43 No. 11,187 L pr002712 http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/polar/id/33 http://uwm.edu/libraries/digital-collections/copyright-digcoll/ McMillan Arctic Expedition 1925 Aerial photographs Mountains Snow Discovery & exploration Arctic regions MacMillan Donald Baxter 1874-1970 Still Image 1925 ftunivwislib 2022-11-26T17:16:51Z 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. Still Image Arctic Ellesmere Island Nunavut University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee: UWM Libraries Digital Collections Arctic Baxter ENVELOPE(162.533,162.533,-74.367,-74.367) Byrd Canada Ellesmere Island Etah ENVELOPE(-72.585,-72.585,78.314,78.314) Nunavut |
| spellingShingle | McMillan Arctic Expedition 1925 Aerial photographs Mountains Snow Discovery & exploration Arctic regions MacMillan Donald Baxter 1874-1970 Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957 Canada, aerial view of mountains, Ellesmere Island |
| title | Canada, aerial view of mountains, Ellesmere Island |
| title_full | Canada, aerial view of mountains, Ellesmere Island |
| title_fullStr | Canada, aerial view of mountains, Ellesmere Island |
| title_full_unstemmed | Canada, aerial view of mountains, Ellesmere Island |
| title_short | Canada, aerial view of mountains, Ellesmere Island |
| title_sort | canada, aerial view of mountains, ellesmere island |
| topic | McMillan Arctic Expedition 1925 Aerial photographs Mountains Snow Discovery & exploration Arctic regions MacMillan Donald Baxter 1874-1970 |
| topic_facet | McMillan Arctic Expedition 1925 Aerial photographs Mountains Snow Discovery & exploration Arctic regions MacMillan Donald Baxter 1874-1970 |
| url | http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/polar/id/33 |