Arctic explorer Captain Robert H. Bartlett on deck of ship, probably in Seattle, 1928

• Main Author: Staff Photographer Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Explorers > Washington (State) > Seattle; Ships > Washington (State) > Seattle; Ship equipment & rigging > Washington (State) > Seattle; Fur garments > Washington (State) > Seattle; Bartlett; Robert H; Arctic; Canada; North Pole
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/566

One of Canada's seafaring heroes, Captain Robert H. 'Bob' Bartlett conducted more than 40 voyages in the far North and sailed over 200,000 miles in Arctic waters. Bartlett navigated the ship 'Roosevelt' around 133 miles of the pole to participate in Peary's successful attempt to reach the North Pole. Crucial to many arctic endeavors, Bartlett is well-known for his rescue undertakings when the 'Karluk' was crushed in the Arctic ice in 1913. This 1928 photograph of Bartlett on the deck of a ship is from later in his legendary career. Handwritten on image: Robert H. Bartlett. National Library of Canada, Heroes of Lore and Yore. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): April 23, 1928. 1 glass negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in.